Watermelons — Production in South-Eastern Asia
South-Eastern Asia: Watermelons — Production was 2.27 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Production in South-Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — production in South-Eastern Asia is 2.27 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in South-Eastern Asia peaked at 2.61 million t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 186,860 t, in 1961.
That places South-Eastern Asia 18th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Production in South-Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 186,860 t | — |
| 1962 | 200,916 t | +7.5% |
| 1963 | 273,727 t | +36.2% |
| 1964 | 274,685 t | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 295,310 t | +7.5% |
| 1966 | 383,134 t | +29.7% |
| 1967 | 472,408 t | +23.3% |
| 1968 | 584,868 t | +23.8% |
| 1969 | 771,290 t | +31.9% |
| 1970 | 543,864 t | -29.5% |
| 1971 | 614,825 t | +13.0% |
| 1972 | 665,699 t | +8.3% |
| 1973 | 719,565 t | +8.1% |
| 1974 | 734,146 t | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 820,120 t | +11.7% |
| 1976 | 890,444 t | +8.6% |
| 1977 | 790,174 t | -11.3% |
| 1978 | 848,329 t | +7.4% |
| 1979 | 1.11 million t | +31.3% |
| 1980 | 1.05 million t | -6.2% |
| 1981 | 1.12 million t | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 1.38 million t | +23.3% |
| 1983 | 704,197 t | -49.0% |
| 1984 | 616,715 t | -12.4% |
| 1985 | 649,085 t | +5.2% |
| 1986 | 674,880 t | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 700,900 t | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 692,500 t | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 683,300 t | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 796,030 t | +16.5% |
| 1991 | 824,080 t | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 884,497 t | +7.3% |
| 1993 | 906,877 t | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 933,286 t | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 946,002 t | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 976,024 t | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 931,879 t | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 1.12 million t | +20.1% |
| 1999 | 1.04 million t | -6.9% |
| 2000 | 1.02 million t | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 1.13 million t | +11.2% |
| 2002 | 1.46 million t | +29.6% |
| 2003 | 1.52 million t | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 1.57 million t | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 1.75 million t | +11.5% |
| 2006 | 1.94 million t | +11.3% |
| 2007 | 1.98 million t | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 1.90 million t | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 1.95 million t | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 1.86 million t | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 2.01 million t | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 2.33 million t | +15.5% |
| 2013 | 2.25 million t | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 2.38 million t | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 2.35 million t | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 2.28 million t | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 2.24 million t | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 2.34 million t | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 2.48 million t | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 2.61 million t | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 2.18 million t | -16.4% |
| 2022 | 2.16 million t | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 2.30 million t | +6.3% |
| 2024 | 2.27 million t | -1.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Production in South-Eastern Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | -49.0% | 1.38 million t | 704,197 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 382,578 t | 186,860 t | 771,290 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 774,106 t | 543,864 t | 1.11 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 826,877 t | 616,715 t | 1.38 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 935,966 t | 796,030 t | 1.12 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.62 million t | 1.02 million t | 1.98 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.25 million t | 1.86 million t | 2.48 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.30 million t | 2.16 million t | 2.61 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South-Eastern Asia
- 15 Kazakhstan 967,260 t compare
- 15 Republic of Moldova 28,614 t compare
- 16 Italy 723,590 t compare
- 16 Polynesia 1,712 t compare
- 17 Egypt 712,514 t compare
- 18 Tajikistan 669,819 t compare
- 19 Turkmenistan 650,528 t compare
- 20 Niger 646,397 t compare
- 21 Saudi Arabia 608,478 t compare
More environment data for South-Eastern Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.01 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.195 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.1 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 25.22 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 22.16 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 10.49 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 18.05 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 8.6 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in South-Eastern Asia?
- Watermelons — production in South-Eastern Asia was 2.27 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.61 million t in 2020.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 186,860 t in 1961.
- How does South-Eastern Asia rank for watermelons — production?
- South-Eastern Asia ranks 18th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in South-Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South-Eastern Asia 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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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.