Watermelons — Production in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Watermelons — Production was 1,069 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Production in Solomon Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Solomon Islands recorded 1,069 t for watermelons — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Solomon Islands peaked at 1,200 t in 2008 and was at its lowest, 260 t, in 1961.
That places Solomon Islands 101st out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Production in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 260 t | — |
| 1962 | 270 t | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 280 t | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 290 t | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 300 t | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 310 t | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 320 t | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 330 t | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 340 t | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 350 t | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 360 t | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 370 t | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 380 t | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 390 t | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 400 t | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 410 t | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 420 t | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 430 t | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 440 t | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 450 t | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 460 t | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 470 t | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 480 t | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 500 t | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 510 t | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 500 t | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 510 t | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 520 t | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 530 t | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 540 t | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 620 t | +14.8% |
| 1992 | 600 t | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 610 t | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 650 t | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 680 t | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 620 t | -8.8% |
| 1997 | 650 t | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 700 t | +7.7% |
| 1999 | 800 t | +14.3% |
| 2000 | 650 t | -18.8% |
| 2001 | 800 t | +23.1% |
| 2002 | 850 t | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 850 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 900 t | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 950 t | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 1,100 t | +15.8% |
| 2007 | 1,100 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,200 t | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 1,090 t | -9.2% |
| 2010 | 1,058 t | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 1,031 t | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 800 t | -22.4% |
| 2013 | 1,011 t | +26.4% |
| 2014 | 1,060 t | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 1,026 t | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 1,038 t | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 1,040 t | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,051 t | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 1,062 t | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 1,082 t | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 1,065 t | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 1,070 t | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 1,072 t | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,069 t | -0.3% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 1,069 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 143,730 t, 1% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 1,069 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 128,948 t, 1% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Production in Solomon Islands 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +26.4% | 800 t | 1,011 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 300 t | 260 t | 340 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 395 t | 350 t | 440 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 493 t | 450 t | 530 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 647 t | 540 t | 800 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 948.97 t | 650 t | 1,200 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,018 t | 800 t | 1,062 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,072 t | 1,065 t | 1,082 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
- 98 New Zealand 2,390 t compare
- 99 United Arab Emirates 2,325 t compare
- 100 French Polynesia 1,204 t compare
- 102 Suriname 1,061 t compare
- 103 Qatar 1,058 t compare
- 104 Guadeloupe 1,000 t compare
More environment data for Solomon Islands
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.8823 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.193 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.34 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.49 % 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 0.3636 % 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 Solomon Islands?
- Watermelons — production in Solomon Islands was 1,069 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1,200 t in 2008.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 260 t in 1961.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for watermelons — production?
- Solomon Islands ranks 101st out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.