Watermelons — Production in New Zealand
New Zealand: Watermelons — Production was 2,390 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Production in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 2,390 t for watermelons — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in New Zealand peaked at 4,386 t in 1981 and was at its lowest, 200 t, in 1961.
That places New Zealand 109th out of 143 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 357.78 t | 200 t | 450 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,497 t | 600 t | 2,986 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,810 t | 1,600 t | 4,386 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,268 t | 2,500 t | 3,800 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,585 t | 2,500 t | 2,717 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,501 t | 2,367 t | 2,599 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,383 t | 2,347 t | 2,400 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 106 Malawi 3,050 t compare
- 107 Mauritania 2,627 t compare
- 108 Austria 2,410 t compare
- 110 United Arab Emirates 2,325 t compare
- 111 Polynesia 1,712 t compare
- 112 French Polynesia 1,204 t compare
More environment data for New Zealand
- Standard Deviation 0.379 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 341,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 1.38 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 15,836 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 21,938 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 175,467 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 276,479 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 279,819 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 303,161 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in New Zealand?
- Watermelons — production in New Zealand was 2,390 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 4,386 t in 1981.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 t in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for watermelons — production?
- New Zealand ranks 109th out of 143 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.