Watermelons — Production in Romania
Romania: Watermelons — Production was 130,350 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Production in Romania, 1996–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — production in Romania stood at 130,350 t. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.0% on the previous year and down 72.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Romania peaked at 787,878 t in 1999 and was at its lowest, 130,350 t, in 2024.
Romania ranks 52nd of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Watermelons — Production in Romania, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 643,542 t | — |
| 1997 | 566,424 t | -12.0% |
| 1998 | 640,051 t | +13.0% |
| 1999 | 787,878 t | +23.1% |
| 2000 | 488,026 t | -38.1% |
| 2001 | 506,650 t | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 600,036 t | +18.4% |
| 2003 | 706,274 t | +17.7% |
| 2004 | 723,179 t | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 628,326 t | -13.1% |
| 2006 | 587,756 t | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 374,536 t | -36.3% |
| 2008 | 508,466 t | +35.8% |
| 2009 | 602,813 t | +18.6% |
| 2010 | 610,613 t | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 592,214 t | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 491,944 t | -16.9% |
| 2013 | 574,187 t | +16.7% |
| 2014 | 474,642 t | -17.3% |
| 2015 | 449,179 t | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 418,469 t | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 493,583 t | +17.9% |
| 2018 | 521,800 t | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 462,710 t | -11.3% |
| 2020 | 259,490 t | -43.9% |
| 2021 | 300,000 t | +15.6% |
| 2022 | 145,610 t | -51.5% |
| 2023 | 148,200 t | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 130,350 t | -12.0% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 130,350 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,600 t, 36.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Romania's 130,350 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 31,765 t, 4.1× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 659,474 t | 566,424 t | 787,878 t | 4 |
| 2000s | 572,606 t | 374,536 t | 723,179 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 508,934 t | 418,469 t | 610,613 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 196,730 t | 130,350 t | 300,000 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 49 Zimbabwe 143,730 t compare
- 50 North Macedonia 136,721 t compare
- 51 China, Taiwan Province of 130,487 t compare
- 53 Philippines 128,948 t compare
- 54 Argentina 125,303 t compare
- 55 Bulgaria 122,930 t compare
More environment data for Romania
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.68 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.2 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.634 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.03 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.5647 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.1112 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Romania?
- Watermelons — production in Romania was 130,350 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 787,878 t in 1999.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 130,350 t in 2024.
- How does Romania rank for watermelons — production?
- Romania ranks 52nd out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 72.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania 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.