Watermelons — Production in Egypt
Egypt: Watermelons — Production was 712,514 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Production in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — production in Egypt stood at 712,514 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 64.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Egypt peaked at 2.03 million t in 2006 and was at its lowest, 639,987 t, in 1961.
Egypt ranks 17th of 131 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Production in Egypt, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 639,987 t | — |
| 1962 | 779,293 t | +21.8% |
| 1963 | 858,268 t | +10.1% |
| 1964 | 844,015 t | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 976,077 t | +15.6% |
| 1966 | 1.13 million t | +16.2% |
| 1967 | 1.00 million t | -11.5% |
| 1968 | 898,000 t | -10.6% |
| 1969 | 957,000 t | +6.6% |
| 1970 | 898,000 t | -6.2% |
| 1971 | 901,400 t | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 1.01 million t | +11.9% |
| 1973 | 1.15 million t | +13.8% |
| 1974 | 1.21 million t | +5.7% |
| 1975 | 1.21 million t | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 1.37 million t | +12.7% |
| 1977 | 1.19 million t | -13.0% |
| 1978 | 1.32 million t | +10.9% |
| 1979 | 1.22 million t | -7.4% |
| 1980 | 1.16 million t | -5.2% |
| 1981 | 1.21 million t | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 1.08 million t | -10.6% |
| 1983 | 965,000 t | -10.9% |
| 1984 | 1.18 million t | +22.6% |
| 1985 | 1.32 million t | +11.4% |
| 1986 | 1.31 million t | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 1.37 million t | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 1.17 million t | -15.0% |
| 1989 | 1.00 million t | -14.2% |
| 1990 | 1.01 million t | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 893,899 t | -11.2% |
| 1992 | 711,307 t | -20.4% |
| 1993 | 714,000 t | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 923,000 t | +29.3% |
| 1995 | 1.20 million t | +30.0% |
| 1996 | 1.13 million t | -6.1% |
| 1997 | 1.74 million t | +54.0% |
| 1998 | 1.41 million t | -18.8% |
| 1999 | 1.67 million t | +18.5% |
| 2000 | 1.79 million t | +6.9% |
| 2001 | 1.45 million t | -19.0% |
| 2002 | 1.72 million t | +18.9% |
| 2003 | 1.71 million t | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 1.59 million t | -6.8% |
| 2005 | 1.87 million t | +18.0% |
| 2006 | 2.03 million t | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 1.91 million t | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 1.49 million t | -22.3% |
| 2009 | 1.65 million t | +11.3% |
| 2010 | 1.64 million t | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 1.51 million t | -7.8% |
| 2012 | 1.87 million t | +24.2% |
| 2013 | 1.59 million t | -14.9% |
| 2014 | 2.01 million t | +26.3% |
| 2015 | 1.51 million t | -25.1% |
| 2016 | 1.65 million t | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 1.23 million t | -25.1% |
| 2018 | 1.43 million t | +16.2% |
| 2019 | 1.40 million t | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 1.13 million t | -19.4% |
| 2021 | 931,914 t | -17.5% |
| 2022 | 1.00 million t | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 695,661 t | -30.5% |
| 2024 | 712,514 t | +2.4% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 712,514 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 143,730 t, 5.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 712,514 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 102,323 t, 7.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 898,999 t | 639,987 t | 1.13 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.15 million t | 898,000 t | 1.37 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.18 million t | 965,000 t | 1.37 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.14 million t | 711,307 t | 1.74 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.72 million t | 1.45 million t | 2.03 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.59 million t | 1.23 million t | 2.01 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 893,902 t | 695,661 t | 1.13 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 60,454 t compare
- 14 Dominican Republic 1.02 million t compare
- 15 Kazakhstan 967,260 t compare
- 15 Republic of Moldova 28,614 t compare
- 16 Italy 723,590 t compare
- 16 Polynesia 1,712 t compare
- 18 Tajikistan 669,819 t compare
- 19 Turkmenistan 650,528 t compare
- 20 Niger 646,397 t compare
More environment data for Egypt
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20.54 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.21 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -3.07 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Egypt?
- Watermelons — production in Egypt was 712,514 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 2.03 million t in 2006.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 639,987 t in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for watermelons — production?
- Egypt ranks 17th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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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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.