Watermelons — Production in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Watermelons — Production was 64.47 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Production in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 64.47 million t for watermelons — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Eastern Asia peaked at 64.74 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5.78 million t, in 1970.
Eastern Asia ranks 2nd of 28 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Production in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7.40 million t | — |
| 1962 | 7.34 million t | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 6.67 million t | -9.1% |
| 1964 | 6.08 million t | -8.8% |
| 1965 | 6.29 million t | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 6.43 million t | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 6.74 million t | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 7.13 million t | +5.8% |
| 1969 | 7.19 million t | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 5.78 million t | -19.6% |
| 1971 | 6.44 million t | +11.6% |
| 1972 | 5.81 million t | -9.8% |
| 1973 | 6.42 million t | +10.4% |
| 1974 | 6.27 million t | -2.2% |
| 1975 | 6.52 million t | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 6.61 million t | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 6.82 million t | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 7.11 million t | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 7.13 million t | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 6.84 million t | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 7.61 million t | +11.3% |
| 1982 | 7.63 million t | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 8.26 million t | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 9.17 million t | +11.1% |
| 1985 | 13.55 million t | +47.7% |
| 1986 | 14.16 million t | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 15.57 million t | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 16.00 million t | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 14.14 million t | -11.7% |
| 1990 | 12.40 million t | -12.3% |
| 1991 | 13.06 million t | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 16.22 million t | +24.2% |
| 1993 | 18.95 million t | +16.8% |
| 1994 | 19.02 million t | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 20.66 million t | +8.7% |
| 1996 | 25.42 million t | +23.0% |
| 1997 | 36.72 million t | +44.5% |
| 1998 | 37.31 million t | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 48.19 million t | +29.2% |
| 2000 | 53.43 million t | +10.9% |
| 2001 | 59.14 million t | +10.7% |
| 2002 | 63.52 million t | +7.4% |
| 2003 | 59.71 million t | -6.0% |
| 2004 | 59.21 million t | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 61.57 million t | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 63.38 million t | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 56.24 million t | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 59.08 million t | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 59.28 million t | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 61.89 million t | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 61.31 million t | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 61.64 million t | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 62.34 million t | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 62.84 million t | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 63.96 million t | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 63.42 million t | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 64.29 million t | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 62.65 million t | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 61.93 million t | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 63.38 million t | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 62.69 million t | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 64.06 million t | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 64.74 million t | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 64.47 million t | -0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Production in Eastern Asia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +47.7% | 9.17 million t | 13.55 million t |
| 1997 | +44.5% | 25.42 million t | 36.72 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.81 million t | 6.08 million t | 7.40 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.49 million t | 5.78 million t | 7.13 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.29 million t | 6.84 million t | 16.00 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 24.80 million t | 12.40 million t | 48.19 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 59.46 million t | 53.43 million t | 63.52 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.63 million t | 61.31 million t | 64.29 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.87 million t | 62.69 million t | 64.74 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
More environment data for Eastern Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.309 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.98 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 137.56 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 98.06 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 173.25 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 137.00 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 68.03 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Eastern Asia?
- Watermelons — production in Eastern Asia was 64.47 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 64.74 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.78 million t in 1970.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for watermelons — production?
- Eastern Asia ranks 2nd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Watermelons — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.