Watermelons — Production in Greece
Greece: Watermelons — Production was 509,180 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Production in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — production in Greece is 509,180 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 28.4% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Greece peaked at 895,272 t in 1975 and was at its lowest, 232,279 t, in 1961.
That places Greece 22nd out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Production in Greece, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 232,279 t | — |
| 1962 | 258,078 t | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 355,270 t | +37.7% |
| 1964 | 424,131 t | +19.4% |
| 1965 | 334,036 t | -21.2% |
| 1966 | 448,736 t | +34.3% |
| 1967 | 490,134 t | +9.2% |
| 1968 | 488,072 t | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 499,955 t | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 593,337 t | +18.7% |
| 1971 | 573,172 t | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 564,580 t | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 574,977 t | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 490,969 t | -14.6% |
| 1975 | 895,272 t | +82.3% |
| 1976 | 628,618 t | -29.8% |
| 1977 | 624,380 t | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 727,298 t | +16.5% |
| 1979 | 657,550 t | -9.6% |
| 1980 | 630,250 t | -4.2% |
| 1981 | 643,960 t | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 544,785 t | -15.4% |
| 1983 | 609,343 t | +11.9% |
| 1984 | 595,769 t | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 616,949 t | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 607,000 t | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 666,000 t | +9.7% |
| 1988 | 564,000 t | -15.3% |
| 1989 | 530,000 t | -6.0% |
| 1990 | 630,253 t | +18.9% |
| 1991 | 712,900 t | +13.1% |
| 1992 | 638,000 t | -10.5% |
| 1993 | 628,989 t | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 655,400 t | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 700,723 t | +6.9% |
| 1996 | 664,617 t | -5.2% |
| 1997 | 667,606 t | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 693,272 t | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 699,418 t | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 678,533 t | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 675,638 t | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 696,158 t | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 714,442 t | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 723,040 t | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 703,558 t | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 636,271 t | -9.6% |
| 2007 | 663,389 t | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 655,161 t | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 636,816 t | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 643,184 t | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 639,212 t | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 599,550 t | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 588,282 t | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 437,748 t | -25.6% |
| 2015 | 433,486 t | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 389,155 t | -10.2% |
| 2017 | 376,886 t | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 630,120 t | +67.2% |
| 2019 | 344,950 t | -45.3% |
| 2020 | 430,550 t | +24.8% |
| 2021 | 479,000 t | +11.3% |
| 2022 | 435,440 t | -9.1% |
| 2023 | 396,460 t | -9.0% |
| 2024 | 509,180 t | +28.4% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 509,180 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,600 t, 141.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Greece's 509,180 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 31,765 t, 16.0× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Production in Greece 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +82.3% | 490,969 t | 895,272 t |
| 2018 | +67.2% | 376,886 t | 630,120 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 392,299 t | 232,279 t | 499,955 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 633,015 t | 490,969 t | 895,272 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 600,806 t | 530,000 t | 666,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 669,118 t | 628,989 t | 712,900 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 678,301 t | 636,271 t | 723,040 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 508,257 t | 344,950 t | 643,184 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 450,126 t | 396,460 t | 509,180 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 19 Turkmenistan 650,528 t compare
- 20 Niger 646,397 t compare
- 21 Saudi Arabia 608,478 t compare
- 22 Caribbean 1.09 million t compare
- 23 Tunisia 504,092 t compare
- 24 Mali 488,121 t compare
- 25 Yugoslav SFR 447,000 t compare
More environment data for Greece
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.36 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.43 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.43 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.28 % 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 -1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Greece?
- Watermelons — production in Greece was 509,180 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 895,272 t in 1975.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 232,279 t in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for watermelons — production?
- Greece ranks 22nd out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.