Watermelons — Production in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Watermelons — Production was 4.48 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Production in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — production in Northern Africa stood at 4.48 million t.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Northern Africa peaked at 5.45 million t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1.02 million t, in 1961.
That places Northern Africa 12th out of 32 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.32 million t | 1.02 million t | 1.52 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.79 million t | 1.44 million t | 2.05 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.17 million t | 1.85 million t | 2.61 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.46 million t | 2.02 million t | 3.08 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.97 million t | 2.86 million t | 4.64 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.86 million t | 4.22 million t | 5.45 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.65 million t | 4.48 million t | 4.94 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 9 Uzbekistan 1.73 million t compare
- 10 Senegal 1.36 million t compare
- 11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.28 million t compare
- 12 Mexico 1.27 million t compare
- 13 Viet Nam 1.24 million t compare
- 14 Spain 1.22 million t compare
- 15 Afghanistan 1.18 million t compare
More environment data for Northern Africa
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 864,000 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 701,000 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 27.72 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 4.57 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.84 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.41 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 789,689 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 787,239 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Northern Africa?
- Watermelons — production in Northern Africa was 4.48 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 5.45 million t in 2014.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.02 million t in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for watermelons — production?
- Northern Africa ranks 12th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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.