Watermelons — Production in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Watermelons — Production was 112,157 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Production in Middle Africa, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — production in Middle Africa stood at 112,157 t. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 61.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Middle Africa peaked at 112,157 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,000 t, in 1990.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Production in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5,000 t | — |
| 1991 | 7,000 t | +40.0% |
| 1992 | 9,000 t | +28.6% |
| 1993 | 11,000 t | +22.2% |
| 1994 | 13,000 t | +18.2% |
| 1995 | 15,000 t | +15.4% |
| 1996 | 17,000 t | +13.3% |
| 1997 | 19,000 t | +11.8% |
| 1998 | 23,000 t | +21.1% |
| 1999 | 27,490 t | +19.5% |
| 2000 | 27,647 t | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 27,647 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 29,388 t | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 30,299 t | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 31,238 t | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 30,666 t | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 33,292 t | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 37,706 t | +13.3% |
| 2008 | 38,413 t | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 40,486 t | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 44,527 t | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 46,113 t | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 50,108 t | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 48,266 t | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 69,587 t | +44.2% |
| 2015 | 70,907 t | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 76,745 t | +8.2% |
| 2017 | 84,900 t | +10.6% |
| 2018 | 88,882 t | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 79,210 t | -10.9% |
| 2020 | 94,170 t | +18.9% |
| 2021 | 101,678 t | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 106,984 t | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 107,356 t | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 112,157 t | +4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14,649 t | 5,000 t | 27,490 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,678 t | 27,647 t | 40,486 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,924 t | 44,527 t | 88,882 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 104,469 t | 94,170 t | 112,157 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 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
- 11 Spain 1.22 million t compare
- 12 Afghanistan 1.18 million t compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 102,931 t compare
- 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
More environment data for Middle Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.38 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -9.88 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.198 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.13 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 3,754 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 122.87 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 16.92 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value 354,880 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Middle Africa?
- Watermelons — production in Middle Africa was 112,157 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 112,157 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 t in 1990.
- How does Middle Africa rank for watermelons — production?
- Middle Africa ranks 11th out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.