Watermelons — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Watermelons — Production was 4.40 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 4.40 million t for watermelons — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.1% on the previous year and up 209.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 4.40 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 217,065 t, in 1961.
That places Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 13th out of 32 groups 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 244,928 t | 217,065 t | 285,047 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 351,435 t | 290,657 t | 417,811 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 546,278 t | 440,995 t | 672,314 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 778,360 t | 639,674 t | 951,043 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.27 million t | 808,911 t | 1.89 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.91 million t | 1.35 million t | 3.28 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.02 million t | 3.68 million t | 4.40 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
More environment data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
- Agriculture — Area 836,181 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.82 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 3.21 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 2.08 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 2.04 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 11 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 26.79 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 223,929 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Watermelons — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 4.40 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.40 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 217,065 t in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for watermelons — production?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 13th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 209.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.