Watermelons — Yield in Cuba
Cuba: Watermelons — Yield was 15,956 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in Cuba, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — yield in Cuba is 15,956 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 26.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Cuba peaked at 15,956 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,461 kg/ha, in 1995.
Cuba ranks 87th of 119 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Cuba, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 4,540 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 4,540 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 4,548 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 4,513 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 4,364 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 2,461 kg/ha | -43.6% |
| 1996 | 7,432 kg/ha | +202.0% |
| 1997 | 6,260 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1998 | 6,341 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 4,275 kg/ha | -32.6% |
| 2000 | 6,664 kg/ha | +55.9% |
| 2001 | 10,420 kg/ha | +56.4% |
| 2002 | 8,884 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2003 | 8,903 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 9,303 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 8,870 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 9,020 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 9,562 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 7,062 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 2009 | 7,700 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 7,616 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 7,729 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 10,800 kg/ha | +39.7% |
| 2013 | 12,727 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2014 | 12,645 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 11,760 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 11,760 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 14,256 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 2018 | 14,200 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 14,131 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 14,232 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 14,942 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 15,203 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 15,579 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 15,956 kg/ha | +2.4% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 15,956 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23,757 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 15,956 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19,151 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Yield in Cuba 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +202.0% | 2,461 kg/ha | 7,432 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +56.4% | 6,664 kg/ha | 10,420 kg/ha |
| 2000 | +55.9% | 4,275 kg/ha | 6,664 kg/ha |
| 1995 | -43.6% | 4,364 kg/ha | 2,461 kg/ha |
| 2012 | +39.7% | 7,729 kg/ha | 10,800 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,928 kg/ha | 2,461 kg/ha | 7,432 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,639 kg/ha | 6,664 kg/ha | 10,420 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,762 kg/ha | 7,616 kg/ha | 14,256 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,182 kg/ha | 14,232 kg/ha | 15,956 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 84 Guinea 16,469 kg/ha compare
- 85 South Africa 16,468 kg/ha compare
- 86 Colombia 15,965 kg/ha compare
- 88 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15,872 kg/ha compare
- 89 Chile 15,777 kg/ha compare
- 90 Guadeloupe 15,615 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Cuba
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -1.97 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Cuba?
- Watermelons — yield in Cuba was 15,956 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 15,956 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,461 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Cuba rank for watermelons — yield?
- Cuba ranks 87th out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Watermelons — Yield. 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.