Watermelons — Production in Small island developing States (SIDS)
Small island developing States (SIDS): Watermelons — Production was 1.35 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Production in Small island developing States (SIDS), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — production in Small island developing States (SIDS) is 1.35 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.0% on the previous year and up 306.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Small island developing States (SIDS) peaked at 1.35 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,487 t, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Production in Small island developing States (SIDS), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,487 t | — |
| 1962 | 3,084 t | +24.0% |
| 1963 | 2,712 t | -12.1% |
| 1964 | 2,785 t | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 2,996 t | +7.6% |
| 1966 | 3,039 t | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 3,323 t | +9.3% |
| 1968 | 3,629 t | +9.2% |
| 1969 | 4,238 t | +16.8% |
| 1970 | 6,569 t | +55.0% |
| 1971 | 6,198 t | -5.6% |
| 1972 | 5,352 t | -13.6% |
| 1973 | 5,169 t | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 5,203 t | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 4,635 t | -10.9% |
| 1976 | 7,015 t | +51.3% |
| 1977 | 12,486 t | +78.0% |
| 1978 | 6,638 t | -46.8% |
| 1979 | 6,483 t | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 6,130 t | -5.4% |
| 1981 | 8,351 t | +36.2% |
| 1982 | 6,656 t | -20.3% |
| 1983 | 7,666 t | +15.2% |
| 1984 | 10,255 t | +33.8% |
| 1985 | 14,717 t | +43.5% |
| 1986 | 11,140 t | -24.3% |
| 1987 | 14,035 t | +26.0% |
| 1988 | 14,419 t | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 13,884 t | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 31,837 t | +129.3% |
| 1991 | 35,430 t | +11.3% |
| 1992 | 42,844 t | +20.9% |
| 1993 | 41,365 t | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 37,590 t | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 43,556 t | +15.9% |
| 1996 | 59,584 t | +36.8% |
| 1997 | 66,264 t | +11.2% |
| 1998 | 77,549 t | +17.0% |
| 1999 | 71,232 t | -8.1% |
| 2000 | 76,392 t | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 97,143 t | +27.2% |
| 2002 | 88,217 t | -9.2% |
| 2003 | 104,394 t | +18.3% |
| 2004 | 114,963 t | +10.1% |
| 2005 | 106,786 t | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 101,985 t | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 89,434 t | -12.3% |
| 2008 | 87,076 t | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 93,385 t | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 234,306 t | +150.9% |
| 2011 | 250,779 t | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 234,698 t | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 323,572 t | +37.9% |
| 2014 | 331,270 t | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 405,222 t | +22.3% |
| 2016 | 427,108 t | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 519,681 t | +21.7% |
| 2018 | 513,252 t | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 550,619 t | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 560,340 t | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 562,581 t | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 962,311 t | +71.1% |
| 2023 | 1.14 million t | +18.6% |
| 2024 | 1.35 million t | +18.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Production in Small island developing States (SIDS) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +150.9% | 93,385 t | 234,306 t |
| 1990 | +129.3% | 13,884 t | 31,837 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,144 t | 2,487 t | 4,238 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,575 t | 4,635 t | 12,486 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,725 t | 6,130 t | 14,717 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 50,725 t | 31,837 t | 77,549 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 95,978 t | 76,392 t | 114,963 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 379,051 t | 234,306 t | 550,619 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 914,758 t | 560,340 t | 1.35 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Small island developing States (SIDS)
- 1 China 63.64 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 63.51 million t compare
- 3 Türkiye 3.20 million t compare
- 3 USSR 4.95 million t compare
- 4 India 3.72 million t compare
- 5 Algeria 2.52 million t compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.28 million t compare
- 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
More environment data for Small island developing States (SIDS)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.168 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.21 °C (2025)
- Agriculture — Area 16,068 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 176,855 t (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 38,354 1000 USD (1989)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 223,110 1000 USD (1989)
- Country area — Area 135,020 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 121,110 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 8.2 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Watermelons — production in Small island developing States (SIDS) was 1.35 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.35 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,487 t in 1961.
- How does Small island developing States (SIDS) rank for watermelons — production?
- Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 4th out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 306.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Small island developing States (SIDS) 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.