Watermelons — Production in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Watermelons — Production was 7.33 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Production in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — production in Southern Asia is 7.33 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Southern Asia peaked at 7.82 million t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 752,000 t, in 1961.
Southern Asia ranks 8th of 28 groups on this measure, 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 Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 752,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 816,000 t | +8.5% |
| 1963 | 860,800 t | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 901,600 t | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 921,500 t | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 977,300 t | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 1.03 million t | +5.6% |
| 1968 | 1.16 million t | +12.7% |
| 1969 | 1.14 million t | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 1.16 million t | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 1.25 million t | +8.0% |
| 1972 | 1.32 million t | +6.0% |
| 1973 | 1.47 million t | +10.9% |
| 1974 | 1.58 million t | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 1.68 million t | +6.5% |
| 1976 | 1.78 million t | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 1.87 million t | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 2.06 million t | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 1.98 million t | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 2.17 million t | +9.3% |
| 1981 | 2.37 million t | +9.3% |
| 1982 | 2.58 million t | +9.0% |
| 1983 | 2.86 million t | +10.5% |
| 1984 | 3.18 million t | +11.4% |
| 1985 | 3.56 million t | +11.9% |
| 1986 | 3.85 million t | +8.2% |
| 1987 | 3.83 million t | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 2.38 million t | -38.0% |
| 1989 | 2.29 million t | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 3.37 million t | +47.2% |
| 1991 | 1.90 million t | -43.7% |
| 1992 | 2.59 million t | +36.7% |
| 1993 | 2.69 million t | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 2.30 million t | -14.3% |
| 1995 | 2.46 million t | +6.9% |
| 1996 | 3.21 million t | +30.3% |
| 1997 | 3.40 million t | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 3.75 million t | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 3.52 million t | -6.3% |
| 2000 | 2.97 million t | -15.5% |
| 2001 | 3.11 million t | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 3.57 million t | +14.5% |
| 2003 | 3.90 million t | +9.3% |
| 2004 | 3.94 million t | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 4.76 million t | +20.7% |
| 2006 | 4.51 million t | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 5.01 million t | +11.2% |
| 2008 | 4.34 million t | -13.5% |
| 2009 | 4.95 million t | +14.1% |
| 2010 | 5.14 million t | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 5.23 million t | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 5.50 million t | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 6.21 million t | +13.0% |
| 2014 | 6.66 million t | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 6.72 million t | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 7.82 million t | +16.3% |
| 2017 | 5.22 million t | -33.3% |
| 2018 | 4.86 million t | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 6.72 million t | +38.2% |
| 2020 | 7.75 million t | +15.4% |
| 2021 | 6.82 million t | -12.0% |
| 2022 | 6.89 million t | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 7.33 million t | +6.3% |
| 2024 | 7.33 million t | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Production in Southern 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -43.7% | 3.37 million t | 1.90 million t |
| 1988 | -38.0% | 3.83 million t | 2.38 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 952,133 t | 752,000 t | 1.16 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.62 million t | 1.16 million t | 2.06 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.91 million t | 2.17 million t | 3.85 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.92 million t | 1.90 million t | 3.75 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.11 million t | 2.97 million t | 5.01 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.01 million t | 4.86 million t | 7.82 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.22 million t | 6.82 million t | 7.75 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 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
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 207,686 t compare
- 8 Uzbekistan 1.73 million t compare
- 9 Senegal 1.36 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
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4009 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.44 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 15.39 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.45 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 24.03 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 18.27 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 44.63 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Southern Asia?
- Watermelons — production in Southern Asia was 7.33 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.82 million t in 2016.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 752,000 t in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for watermelons — production?
- Southern Asia ranks 8th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern 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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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.