Watermelons — Production in United States of America
United States of America: Watermelons — Production was 1.68 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Production in United States of America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 1.68 million t for watermelons — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in United States of America peaked at 1.94 million t in 1996 and was at its lowest, 1.03 million t, in 1980.
United States of America ranks 20th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Production in United States of America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.32 million t | — |
| 1962 | 1.31 million t | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 1.41 million t | +7.4% |
| 1964 | 1.25 million t | -11.3% |
| 1965 | 1.34 million t | +7.4% |
| 1966 | 1.29 million t | -3.9% |
| 1967 | 1.26 million t | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 1.25 million t | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 1.18 million t | -6.0% |
| 1970 | 1.24 million t | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 1.23 million t | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 1.15 million t | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 1.19 million t | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 1.04 million t | -12.0% |
| 1975 | 1.08 million t | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 1.20 million t | +10.7% |
| 1977 | 1.23 million t | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 1.15 million t | -6.5% |
| 1979 | 1.09 million t | -4.7% |
| 1980 | 1.03 million t | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 1.18 million t | +14.8% |
| 1982 | 1.18 million t | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 1.19 million t | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 1.20 million t | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 1.09 million t | -8.8% |
| 1986 | 1.11 million t | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 1.13 million t | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 1.13 million t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1.10 million t | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 1.14 million t | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 1.72 million t | +51.3% |
| 1992 | 1.70 million t | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 1.67 million t | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 1.73 million t | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 1.79 million t | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 1.94 million t | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 1.81 million t | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 1.68 million t | -7.4% |
| 1999 | 1.87 million t | +11.3% |
| 2000 | 1.69 million t | -9.6% |
| 2001 | 1.84 million t | +9.3% |
| 2002 | 1.80 million t | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 1.73 million t | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 1.67 million t | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 1.74 million t | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 1.91 million t | +9.6% |
| 2007 | 1.69 million t | -11.2% |
| 2008 | 1.81 million t | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 1.76 million t | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 1.89 million t | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 1.64 million t | -13.4% |
| 2012 | 1.64 million t | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1.64 million t | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1.51 million t | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 1.61 million t | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 1.80 million t | +12.1% |
| 2017 | 1.84 million t | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 1.77 million t | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 1.64 million t | -7.5% |
| 2020 | 1.56 million t | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 1.61 million t | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 1.62 million t | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 1.67 million t | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 1.68 million t | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.29 million t | 1.18 million t | 1.41 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.16 million t | 1.04 million t | 1.24 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.13 million t | 1.03 million t | 1.20 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.70 million t | 1.14 million t | 1.94 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.77 million t | 1.67 million t | 1.91 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.70 million t | 1.51 million t | 1.89 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.63 million t | 1.56 million t | 1.68 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 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
- 22 Greece 509,180 t compare
- 23 Tunisia 504,092 t compare
More environment data for United States of America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.306 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.76 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 11.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 5.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 8.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, annual growth rate 1.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 728,131 t (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate -4.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 434,660 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in United States of America?
- Watermelons — production in United States of America was 1.68 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.94 million t in 1996.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.03 million t in 1980.
- How does United States of America rank for watermelons — production?
- United States of America ranks 20th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America 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.