Watermelons — Production in Senegal
Senegal: Watermelons — Production was 1.36 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Production in Senegal, 1987–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — production in Senegal stood at 1.36 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 494.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Senegal peaked at 1.68 million t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 35,000 t, in 1987.
Senegal ranks 9th of 131 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Production in Senegal, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 35,000 t | — |
| 1988 | 45,000 t | +28.6% |
| 1989 | 55,000 t | +22.2% |
| 1990 | 65,000 t | +18.2% |
| 1991 | 75,000 t | +15.4% |
| 1992 | 85,000 t | +13.3% |
| 1993 | 95,000 t | +11.8% |
| 1994 | 122,085 t | +28.5% |
| 1995 | 232,960 t | +90.8% |
| 1996 | 219,540 t | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 261,313 t | +19.0% |
| 1998 | 274,523 t | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 283,154 t | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 110,527 t | -61.0% |
| 2001 | 127,294 t | +15.2% |
| 2002 | 220,891 t | +73.5% |
| 2003 | 398,549 t | +80.4% |
| 2004 | 275,802 t | -30.8% |
| 2005 | 241,418 t | -12.5% |
| 2006 | 225,928 t | -6.4% |
| 2007 | 117,579 t | -48.0% |
| 2008 | 327,312 t | +178.4% |
| 2009 | 190,582 t | -41.8% |
| 2010 | 240,780 t | +26.3% |
| 2011 | 148,683 t | -38.2% |
| 2012 | 182,132 t | +22.5% |
| 2013 | 136,937 t | -24.8% |
| 2014 | 229,267 t | +67.4% |
| 2015 | 270,686 t | +18.1% |
| 2016 | 248,848 t | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 284,509 t | +14.3% |
| 2018 | 1.17 million t | +312.2% |
| 2019 | 1.19 million t | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 1.68 million t | +40.9% |
| 2021 | 1.61 million t | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 1.49 million t | -7.4% |
| 2023 | 1.38 million t | -7.2% |
| 2024 | 1.36 million t | -1.6% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 1.36 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 143,730 t, 9.5× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 1.36 million t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 105,675 t, 12.9× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Production in Senegal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +312.2% | 284,509 t | 1.17 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 45,000 t | 35,000 t | 55,000 t | 3 |
| 1990s | 171,358 t | 65,000 t | 283,154 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 223,588 t | 110,527 t | 398,549 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 410,509 t | 136,937 t | 1.19 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.51 million t | 1.36 million t | 1.68 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 6 Brazil 1.98 million t compare
- 6 Viet Nam 1.24 million t compare
- 7 Russian Federation 1.94 million t compare
- 7 Melanesia 215,138 t compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 207,686 t compare
- 8 Uzbekistan 1.73 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
More environment data for Senegal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.432 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.48 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.08 % 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 -0.1647 % 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 Senegal?
- Watermelons — production in Senegal was 1.36 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.68 million t in 2020.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,000 t in 1987.
- How does Senegal rank for watermelons — production?
- Senegal ranks 9th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 494.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Senegal 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.