Watermelons — Production in Jamaica
Jamaica: Watermelons — Production was 17,909 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Production in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 17,909 t for watermelons — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.1% on the previous year and up 31.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Jamaica peaked at 18,873 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 726 t, in 1966.
That places Jamaica 82nd out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Production in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 907 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,361 t | +50.1% |
| 1963 | 907 t | -33.4% |
| 1964 | 907 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,016 t | +12.0% |
| 1966 | 726 t | -28.5% |
| 1967 | 968 t | +33.3% |
| 1968 | 1,231 t | +27.2% |
| 1969 | 1,808 t | +46.9% |
| 1970 | 4,106 t | +127.1% |
| 1971 | 3,003 t | -26.9% |
| 1972 | 2,144 t | -28.6% |
| 1973 | 2,224 t | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 2,630 t | +18.3% |
| 1975 | 2,037 t | -22.5% |
| 1976 | 3,402 t | +67.0% |
| 1977 | 9,008 t | +164.8% |
| 1978 | 3,852 t | -57.2% |
| 1979 | 3,465 t | -10.0% |
| 1980 | 3,002 t | -13.4% |
| 1981 | 4,866 t | +62.1% |
| 1982 | 2,905 t | -40.3% |
| 1983 | 3,491 t | +20.2% |
| 1984 | 5,518 t | +58.1% |
| 1985 | 6,694 t | +21.3% |
| 1986 | 4,218 t | -37.0% |
| 1987 | 4,746 t | +12.5% |
| 1988 | 3,512 t | -26.0% |
| 1989 | 4,027 t | +14.7% |
| 1990 | 6,080 t | +51.0% |
| 1991 | 4,787 t | -21.3% |
| 1992 | 8,103 t | +69.3% |
| 1993 | 9,584 t | +18.3% |
| 1994 | 12,684 t | +32.3% |
| 1995 | 13,328 t | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 17,739 t | +33.1% |
| 1997 | 18,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 18,773 t | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 13,495 t | -28.1% |
| 2000 | 9,226 t | -31.6% |
| 2001 | 14,857 t | +61.0% |
| 2002 | 8,068 t | -45.7% |
| 2003 | 14,134 t | +75.2% |
| 2004 | 8,350 t | -40.9% |
| 2005 | 11,266 t | +34.9% |
| 2006 | 14,056 t | +24.8% |
| 2007 | 9,573 t | -31.9% |
| 2008 | 12,230 t | +27.8% |
| 2009 | 12,393 t | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 10,606 t | -14.4% |
| 2011 | 12,666 t | +19.4% |
| 2012 | 15,569 t | +22.9% |
| 2013 | 15,288 t | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 13,618 t | -10.9% |
| 2015 | 12,315 t | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 16,002 t | +29.9% |
| 2017 | 15,289 t | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 16,749 t | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 16,230 t | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 16,182 t | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 16,105 t | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 18,302 t | +13.6% |
| 2023 | 18,873 t | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 17,909 t | -5.1% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 17,909 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 125,303 t, 14% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 17,909 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 45,418 t, 39% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,092 t | 726 t | 1,808 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,587 t | 2,037 t | 9,008 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,298 t | 2,905 t | 6,694 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,257 t | 4,787 t | 18,773 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,415 t | 8,068 t | 14,857 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,433 t | 10,606 t | 16,749 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,474 t | 16,105 t | 18,873 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More environment data for Jamaica
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.284 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.76 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (1989)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.23 % 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 -0.7158 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Jamaica?
- Watermelons — production in Jamaica was 17,909 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 18,873 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 726 t in 1966.
- How does Jamaica rank for watermelons — production?
- Jamaica ranks 82nd out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.