Watermelons — Production in Japan
Japan: Watermelons — Production was 290,386 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Production in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Japan recorded 290,386 t for watermelons — production in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Japan peaked at 1.22 million t in 1968 and was at its lowest, 290,386 t, in 2024.
That places Japan 32nd 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 Japan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 817,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 717,500 t | -12.2% |
| 1963 | 729,400 t | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 779,000 t | +6.8% |
| 1965 | 742,300 t | -4.7% |
| 1966 | 857,600 t | +15.5% |
| 1967 | 1.05 million t | +22.1% |
| 1968 | 1.22 million t | +16.2% |
| 1969 | 1.02 million t | -16.0% |
| 1970 | 1.01 million t | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 1.11 million t | +10.7% |
| 1972 | 1.14 million t | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 1.21 million t | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 1.08 million t | -10.7% |
| 1975 | 1.17 million t | +7.9% |
| 1976 | 1.12 million t | -4.0% |
| 1977 | 1.15 million t | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 1.13 million t | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 1.09 million t | -4.2% |
| 1980 | 975,700 t | -10.2% |
| 1981 | 963,000 t | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 932,600 t | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 865,900 t | -7.2% |
| 1984 | 876,100 t | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 820,400 t | -6.4% |
| 1986 | 840,400 t | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 863,300 t | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 789,600 t | -8.5% |
| 1989 | 763,600 t | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 753,000 t | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 687,200 t | -8.7% |
| 1992 | 736,700 t | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 631,600 t | -14.3% |
| 1994 | 654,700 t | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 616,800 t | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 632,500 t | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 614,200 t | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 603,200 t | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 595,300 t | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 580,600 t | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 573,300 t | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 526,900 t | -8.1% |
| 2003 | 487,300 t | -7.5% |
| 2004 | 454,100 t | -6.8% |
| 2005 | 450,200 t | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 418,700 t | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 421,600 t | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 402,000 t | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 389,900 t | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 369,200 t | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 362,500 t | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 370,300 t | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 355,300 t | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 357,500 t | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 339,800 t | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 344,800 t | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 331,100 t | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 320,600 t | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 324,200 t | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 310,900 t | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 319,600 t | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 315,900 t | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 303,700 t | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 290,386 t | -4.4% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 290,386 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,600 t, 80.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Japan's 290,386 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 128,948 t, 2.3× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 881,178 t | 717,500 t | 1.22 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.12 million t | 1.01 million t | 1.21 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 869,060 t | 763,600 t | 975,700 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 652,520 t | 595,300 t | 753,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 470,460 t | 389,900 t | 580,600 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 347,530 t | 320,600 t | 370,300 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 308,097 t | 290,386 t | 319,600 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 29 Morocco 339,454 t compare
- 30 Sudan (former) 323,200 t compare
- 31 Serbia and Montenegro 313,542 t compare
- 33 Iraq 285,923 t compare
- 34 Albania 278,086 t compare
- 35 Kyrgyzstan 235,995 t compare
More environment data for Japan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.51 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.8 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.358 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.86 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -3.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -2.8 % 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 -0.4957 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Japan?
- Watermelons — production in Japan was 290,386 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.22 million t in 1968.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 290,386 t in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for watermelons — production?
- Japan ranks 32nd out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Japan 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.