Watermelons — Production in Western Asia
Western Asia: Watermelons — Production was 5.33 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Production in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — production in Western Asia is 5.33 million t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Western Asia peaked at 7.00 million t in 2002 and was at its lowest, 2.41 million t, in 1961.
That places Western Asia 10th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Production in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.41 million t | — |
| 1962 | 2.86 million t | +18.3% |
| 1963 | 2.71 million t | -5.0% |
| 1964 | 2.96 million t | +9.2% |
| 1965 | 2.93 million t | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 2.89 million t | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 3.27 million t | +13.3% |
| 1968 | 3.34 million t | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 3.31 million t | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 3.13 million t | -5.3% |
| 1971 | 4.41 million t | +40.6% |
| 1972 | 3.88 million t | -11.9% |
| 1973 | 2.88 million t | -25.9% |
| 1974 | 3.58 million t | +24.4% |
| 1975 | 4.02 million t | +12.3% |
| 1976 | 4.46 million t | +11.0% |
| 1977 | 4.22 million t | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 4.16 million t | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 4.80 million t | +15.3% |
| 1980 | 4.99 million t | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 4.94 million t | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 5.33 million t | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 5.17 million t | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 4.64 million t | -10.2% |
| 1985 | 5.65 million t | +21.6% |
| 1986 | 4.99 million t | -11.7% |
| 1987 | 5.44 million t | +9.0% |
| 1988 | 5.20 million t | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 4.70 million t | -9.7% |
| 1990 | 4.99 million t | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 5.26 million t | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 5.47 million t | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 5.02 million t | -8.3% |
| 1994 | 5.55 million t | +10.6% |
| 1995 | 5.61 million t | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 5.77 million t | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 5.90 million t | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 6.16 million t | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 6.28 million t | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 6.05 million t | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 6.14 million t | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 7.00 million t | +14.1% |
| 2003 | 6.91 million t | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 6.81 million t | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 6.66 million t | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 6.45 million t | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 6.57 million t | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 6.23 million t | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 6.28 million t | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 5.94 million t | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 6.32 million t | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 6.36 million t | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 6.01 million t | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 6.08 million t | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 6.00 million t | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 5.98 million t | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 6.09 million t | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 6.14 million t | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 6.15 million t | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 5.79 million t | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 6.09 million t | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 5.88 million t | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 5.17 million t | -12.2% |
| 2024 | 5.33 million t | +3.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Production in Western 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +40.6% | 3.13 million t | 4.41 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.96 million t | 2.41 million t | 3.34 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.95 million t | 2.88 million t | 4.80 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.10 million t | 4.64 million t | 5.65 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.60 million t | 4.99 million t | 6.28 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.51 million t | 6.05 million t | 7.00 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.11 million t | 5.94 million t | 6.36 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.65 million t | 5.17 million t | 6.09 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 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
- 12 Afghanistan 1.18 million t compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 102,931 t compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 91,427 t compare
- 13 Pakistan 1.15 million t compare
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 5.12 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 4.72 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 23.62 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 8.47 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 20.01 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Western Asia?
- Watermelons — production in Western Asia was 5.33 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.00 million t in 2002.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.41 million t in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for watermelons — production?
- Western Asia ranks 10th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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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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.