Watermelons — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Watermelons — Production was 2.60 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — production in Western Africa stood at 2.60 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 12.4% on the previous year and up 549.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Western Africa peaked at 2.60 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 71,000 t, in 1961.
Western Africa ranks 19th of 32 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,567 t | 71,000 t | 106,500 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 136,160 t | 116,500 t | 152,300 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 188,976 t | 154,500 t | 256,344 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 405,612 t | 264,642 t | 546,906 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 521,413 t | 362,674 t | 828,499 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 863,039 t | 400,534 t | 1.90 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.41 million t | 2.29 million t | 2.60 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 16 Pakistan 1.15 million t compare
- 17 Caribbean 1.09 million t compare
- 18 Dominican Republic 1.02 million t compare
- 19 Kazakhstan 967,260 t compare
- 20 Italy 723,590 t compare
- 21 Egypt 712,514 t compare
- 22 Tajikistan 669,819 t compare
More environment data for Western Africa
- Temperature change 1.37 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 °C (2025)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 241.74 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 221.11 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 20.68 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 79,324 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value 113,229 1000 USD (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production 13.78 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 20.62 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Western Africa?
- Watermelons — production in Western Africa was 2.60 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.60 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 71,000 t in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for watermelons — production?
- Western Africa ranks 19th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 549.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western 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.