Watermelons — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Watermelons — Production was 110,836 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 110,836 t for watermelons — production in 2024.
The figure is up 33.6% on the previous year and up 74.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Southern Africa peaked at 143,318 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 21,199 t, in 1981.
That places Southern Africa 28th out of 32 groups 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,327 t | 23,092 t | 36,640 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,170 t | 22,753 t | 32,464 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 39,111 t | 21,199 t | 56,929 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 54,877 t | 45,262 t | 74,676 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 66,082 t | 54,923 t | 75,935 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 88,496 t | 63,424 t | 143,318 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 91,834 t | 75,880 t | 110,836 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 25 Saudi Arabia 608,478 t compare
- 26 Greece 509,180 t compare
- 27 Tunisia 504,092 t compare
- 28 Mali 488,121 t compare
- 29 Yugoslav SFR 447,000 t compare
- 30 Republic of Korea 442,884 t compare
- 31 Indonesia 421,009 t compare
More environment data for Southern Africa
- Temperature change 0.892 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.282 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 35,013 1000 USD (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 18.57 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 770,000 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 17.80 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 17.26 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity 427,327 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 9.63 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value 86,901 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Southern Africa?
- Watermelons — production in Southern Africa was 110,836 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 143,318 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,199 t in 1981.
- How does Southern Africa rank for watermelons — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 28th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.