Watermelons — Production in Melanesia
Melanesia: Watermelons — Production was 215,138 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Production in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — production in Melanesia is 215,138 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3,401.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Melanesia peaked at 215,138 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 260 t, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Production in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 260 t | — |
| 1962 | 270 t | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 280 t | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 290 t | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 300 t | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 310 t | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 320 t | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 330 t | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 340 t | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 350 t | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 360 t | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 370 t | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 380 t | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 390 t | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 400 t | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 410 t | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 420 t | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 430 t | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 440 t | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 450 t | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 460 t | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 470 t | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 480 t | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 500 t | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 510 t | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 500 t | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 510 t | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 520 t | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 530 t | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 540 t | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 894 t | +65.6% |
| 1992 | 1,040 t | +16.3% |
| 1993 | 1,367 t | +31.4% |
| 1994 | 1,914 t | +40.0% |
| 1995 | 2,263 t | +18.2% |
| 1996 | 2,218 t | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 2,606 t | +17.5% |
| 1998 | 3,074 t | +18.0% |
| 1999 | 3,105 t | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 3,062 t | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 3,303 t | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 3,319 t | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 3,532 t | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 3,910 t | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 3,602 t | -7.9% |
| 2006 | 3,750 t | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 3,446 t | -8.1% |
| 2008 | 2,780 t | -19.3% |
| 2009 | 2,668 t | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 5,013 t | +87.9% |
| 2011 | 3,509 t | -30.0% |
| 2012 | 2,536 t | -27.7% |
| 2013 | 5,756 t | +127.0% |
| 2014 | 6,144 t | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 6,042 t | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 5,599 t | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 5,829 t | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 6,622 t | +13.6% |
| 2019 | 7,371 t | +11.3% |
| 2020 | 8,535 t | +15.8% |
| 2021 | 7,335 t | -14.1% |
| 2022 | 212,707 t | +2800.0% |
| 2023 | 214,837 t | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 215,138 t | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Production in Melanesia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +2800.0% | 7,335 t | 212,707 t |
| 2013 | +127.0% | 2,536 t | 5,756 t |
| 2010 | +87.9% | 2,668 t | 5,013 t |
| 1991 | +65.6% | 540 t | 894 t |
| 1994 | +40.0% | 1,367 t | 1,914 t |
| 2011 | -30.0% | 5,013 t | 3,509 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 300 t | 260 t | 340 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 395 t | 350 t | 440 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 493 t | 450 t | 530 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,902 t | 540 t | 3,105 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,337 t | 2,668 t | 3,910 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,442 t | 2,536 t | 7,371 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 131,710 t | 7,335 t | 215,138 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 4 India 3.72 million t compare
- 5 Algeria 2.52 million t compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.28 million t compare
- 6 Brazil 1.98 million t compare
- 6 Viet Nam 1.24 million t compare
- 7 Russian Federation 1.94 million t compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 207,686 t compare
- 8 Uzbekistan 1.73 million t compare
- 9 Senegal 1.36 million t compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 158,359 t compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 154,900 t compare
- 10 Mexico 1.27 million t compare
More environment data for Melanesia
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.857 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 3.85 kg/ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 52,995 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0.47 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.3 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 21,133 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Melanesia?
- Watermelons — production in Melanesia was 215,138 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 215,138 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 260 t in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for watermelons — production?
- Melanesia ranks 7th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3,401.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.