Watermelons — Production in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Watermelons — Production was 608,478 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Production in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — production in Saudi Arabia is 608,478 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Saudi Arabia peaked at 1.25 million t in 1971 and was at its lowest, 63,716 t, in 1973.
That places Saudi Arabia 21st out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Production in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 115,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 115,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 115,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 120,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 120,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 125,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 125,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 130,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 130,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 165,000 t | +26.9% |
| 1971 | 1.25 million t | +656.8% |
| 1972 | 448,936 t | -64.0% |
| 1973 | 63,716 t | -85.8% |
| 1974 | 120,488 t | +89.1% |
| 1975 | 271,417 t | +125.3% |
| 1976 | 248,430 t | -8.5% |
| 1977 | 282,631 t | +13.8% |
| 1978 | 140,091 t | -50.4% |
| 1979 | 215,707 t | +54.0% |
| 1980 | 332,063 t | +53.9% |
| 1981 | 193,352 t | -41.8% |
| 1982 | 456,512 t | +136.1% |
| 1983 | 446,742 t | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 332,620 t | -25.5% |
| 1985 | 366,104 t | +10.1% |
| 1986 | 374,246 t | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 420,149 t | +12.3% |
| 1988 | 428,269 t | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 386,076 t | -9.9% |
| 1990 | 392,399 t | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 379,890 t | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 409,093 t | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 399,502 t | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 402,623 t | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 450,489 t | +11.9% |
| 1996 | 459,228 t | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 464,400 t | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 460,320 t | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 262,000 t | -43.1% |
| 2000 | 275,213 t | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 251,050 t | -8.8% |
| 2002 | 272,359 t | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 283,378 t | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 331,245 t | +16.9% |
| 2005 | 364,437 t | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 384,445 t | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 393,234 t | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 363,893 t | -7.5% |
| 2009 | 338,074 t | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 338,881 t | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 365,903 t | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 374,203 t | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 401,058 t | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 494,612 t | +23.3% |
| 2015 | 505,722 t | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 574,653 t | +13.6% |
| 2017 | 606,186 t | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 634,491 t | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 687,718 t | +8.4% |
| 2020 | 522,226 t | -24.1% |
| 2021 | 624,110 t | +19.5% |
| 2022 | 605,000 t | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 613,632 t | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 608,478 t | -0.8% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 608,478 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,600 t, 169.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 608,478 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 102,323 t, 5.9× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Production in Saudi Arabia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +656.8% | 165,000 t | 1.25 million t |
| 1982 | +136.1% | 193,352 t | 456,512 t |
| 1975 | +125.3% | 120,488 t | 271,417 t |
| 1973 | -85.8% | 448,936 t | 63,716 t |
| 1974 | +89.1% | 63,716 t | 120,488 t |
| 1972 | -64.0% | 1.25 million t | 448,936 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 121,667 t | 115,000 t | 130,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 320,516 t | 63,716 t | 1.25 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 373,613 t | 193,352 t | 456,512 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 407,994 t | 262,000 t | 464,400 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 325,733 t | 251,050 t | 393,234 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 498,343 t | 338,881 t | 687,718 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 594,689 t | 522,226 t | 624,110 t | 5 |
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More environment data for Saudi Arabia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -52.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -27.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.424 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.53 % 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 9.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Saudi Arabia?
- Watermelons — production in Saudi Arabia was 608,478 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.25 million t in 1971.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 63,716 t in 1973.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for watermelons — production?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 21st out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.