Watermelons — Production in Türkiye
Türkiye: Watermelons — Production was 3.20 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Production in Türkiye, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Türkiye recorded 3.20 million t for watermelons — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Türkiye peaked at 4.58 million t in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1.70 million t, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Production in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.70 million t | — |
| 1962 | 1.78 million t | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 1.80 million t | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 1.98 million t | +9.8% |
| 1965 | 1.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2.10 million t | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 2.09 million t | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 2.16 million t | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 2.10 million t | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 2.17 million t | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 2.10 million t | -3.2% |
| 1972 | 2.20 million t | +4.8% |
| 1973 | 2.05 million t | -6.8% |
| 1974 | 2.40 million t | +17.1% |
| 1975 | 2.60 million t | +8.3% |
| 1976 | 2.90 million t | +11.5% |
| 1977 | 2.41 million t | -16.9% |
| 1978 | 2.55 million t | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 3.47 million t | +36.1% |
| 1980 | 3.00 million t | -13.5% |
| 1981 | 3.00 million t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3.10 million t | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 3.11 million t | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 3.10 million t | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 3.42 million t | +10.4% |
| 1986 | 3.00 million t | -12.3% |
| 1987 | 3.42 million t | +14.1% |
| 1988 | 3.30 million t | -3.6% |
| 1989 | 3.00 million t | -9.1% |
| 1990 | 3.30 million t | +10.0% |
| 1991 | 3.82 million t | +15.8% |
| 1992 | 3.68 million t | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 3.25 million t | -11.7% |
| 1994 | 3.65 million t | +12.3% |
| 1995 | 3.60 million t | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 3.90 million t | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 3.80 million t | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 3.93 million t | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 3.93 million t | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 3.94 million t | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 4.02 million t | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 4.58 million t | +13.8% |
| 2003 | 4.21 million t | -7.9% |
| 2004 | 3.83 million t | -9.3% |
| 2005 | 3.97 million t | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 3.81 million t | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 3.80 million t | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 4.00 million t | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 3.81 million t | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 3.68 million t | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 3.86 million t | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 4.02 million t | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 3.89 million t | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 3.89 million t | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 3.92 million t | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 3.93 million t | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 4.01 million t | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 4.03 million t | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 3.87 million t | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 3.49 million t | -9.8% |
| 2021 | 3.47 million t | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 3.39 million t | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 3.15 million t | -7.3% |
| 2024 | 3.20 million t | +1.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Production in Türkiye 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +36.1% | 2.55 million t | 3.47 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.97 million t | 1.70 million t | 2.16 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.48 million t | 2.05 million t | 3.47 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.15 million t | 3.00 million t | 3.42 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.69 million t | 3.25 million t | 3.93 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.00 million t | 3.80 million t | 4.58 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.91 million t | 3.68 million t | 4.03 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.34 million t | 3.15 million t | 3.49 million t | 5 |
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More environment data for Türkiye
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.66 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.91 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.628 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.93 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -3.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value 42.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 3.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value, annual growth rate -26.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value, gaps filled 209,778 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Türkiye?
- Watermelons — production in Türkiye was 3.20 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 4.58 million t in 2002.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.70 million t in 1961.
- How does Türkiye rank for watermelons — production?
- Türkiye ranks 3rd out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Türkiye 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.