Watermelons — Production in Italy
Italy: Watermelons — Production was 723,590 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Production in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — production in Italy stood at 723,590 t.
That represents a change of down 3.7% on the previous year and up 59.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Italy peaked at 817,100 t in 1973 and was at its lowest, 378,220 t, in 2011.
That places Italy 16th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Production in Italy, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 451,100 t | — |
| 1962 | 444,700 t | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 629,800 t | +41.6% |
| 1964 | 620,100 t | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 601,700 t | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 654,700 t | +8.8% |
| 1967 | 671,100 t | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 704,000 t | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 721,725 t | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 748,700 t | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 773,100 t | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 803,400 t | +3.9% |
| 1973 | 817,100 t | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 706,030 t | -13.6% |
| 1975 | 767,070 t | +8.6% |
| 1976 | 798,860 t | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 731,180 t | -8.5% |
| 1978 | 720,260 t | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 738,600 t | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 712,100 t | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 705,610 t | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 694,720 t | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 798,090 t | +14.9% |
| 1984 | 796,600 t | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 782,980 t | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 740,710 t | -5.4% |
| 1987 | 714,660 t | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 651,340 t | -8.9% |
| 1989 | 649,210 t | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 660,544 t | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 678,475 t | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 678,453 t | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 748,316 t | +10.3% |
| 1994 | 593,927 t | -20.6% |
| 1995 | 597,272 t | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 592,300 t | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 590,000 t | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 595,000 t | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 470,905 t | -20.9% |
| 2000 | 508,407 t | +8.0% |
| 2001 | 543,499 t | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 545,148 t | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 529,001 t | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 562,909 t | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 519,463 t | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 490,247 t | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 437,512 t | -10.8% |
| 2008 | 434,602 t | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 463,306 t | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 477,858 t | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 378,220 t | -20.9% |
| 2012 | 421,365 t | +11.4% |
| 2013 | 471,193 t | +11.8% |
| 2014 | 453,233 t | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 494,533 t | +9.1% |
| 2016 | 534,000 t | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 570,762 t | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 581,560 t | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 650,420 t | +11.8% |
| 2020 | 651,860 t | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 648,190 t | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 656,700 t | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 751,570 t | +14.4% |
| 2024 | 723,590 t | -3.7% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 723,590 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,600 t, 201.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Italy's 723,590 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 31,765 t, 22.8× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Production in Italy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +41.6% | 444,700 t | 629,800 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 610,992 t | 444,700 t | 721,725 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 760,430 t | 706,030 t | 817,100 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 724,602 t | 649,210 t | 798,090 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 620,519 t | 470,905 t | 748,316 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 503,409 t | 434,602 t | 562,909 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 503,314 t | 378,220 t | 650,420 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 686,382 t | 648,190 t | 751,570 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 91,427 t compare
- 13 Pakistan 1.15 million t compare
- 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 Polynesia 1,712 t compare
- 17 Egypt 712,514 t compare
- 18 Tajikistan 669,819 t compare
- 19 Turkmenistan 650,528 t compare
More environment data for Italy
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.324 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.18 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 6.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.94 % 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 -0.2257 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Italy?
- Watermelons — production in Italy was 723,590 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 817,100 t in 1973.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 378,220 t in 2011.
- How does Italy rank for watermelons — production?
- Italy ranks 16th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.