Watermelons — Yield in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Watermelons — Yield was 17,209 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in Eastern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Eastern Europe recorded 17,209 kg/ha for watermelons — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 45.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Eastern Europe peaked at 17,209 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,284 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Eastern Europe 25th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Eastern Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,284 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,036 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1963 | 5,342 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1964 | 6,342 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1965 | 5,453 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1966 | 6,298 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1967 | 6,564 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 6,060 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1969 | 5,730 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1970 | 5,967 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 6,300 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1972 | 5,804 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1973 | 6,220 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1974 | 6,604 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1975 | 6,729 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 6,566 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 6,842 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 5,878 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1979 | 7,446 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1980 | 9,879 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 1981 | 10,406 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 10,692 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 10,931 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 10,303 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1985 | 9,824 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1986 | 9,908 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 10,499 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1988 | 10,530 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 9,977 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 10,733 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1991 | 10,424 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1992 | 5,960 kg/ha | -42.8% |
| 1993 | 6,659 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1994 | 6,499 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 6,710 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 7,084 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 7,330 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 8,002 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1999 | 8,131 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 6,348 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 2001 | 8,028 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 2002 | 9,384 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2003 | 10,004 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2004 | 10,709 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 11,234 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 10,777 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 8,959 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2008 | 10,896 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 2009 | 12,572 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2010 | 11,946 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 11,783 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 12,632 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 12,382 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 11,822 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 11,783 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 13,103 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2017 | 13,600 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 15,096 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2019 | 14,846 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 14,818 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 16,357 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2022 | 16,670 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 16,898 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 17,209 kg/ha | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,679 kg/ha | 4,284 kg/ha | 6,564 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,436 kg/ha | 5,804 kg/ha | 7,446 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,295 kg/ha | 9,824 kg/ha | 10,931 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,753 kg/ha | 5,960 kg/ha | 10,733 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,891 kg/ha | 6,348 kg/ha | 12,572 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,899 kg/ha | 11,783 kg/ha | 15,096 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,390 kg/ha | 14,818 kg/ha | 17,209 kg/ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Eastern Europe
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.03 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.01 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.483 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.81 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 339.05 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 89.12 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 249.93 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 1.44 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 13.20 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Eastern Europe?
- Watermelons — yield in Eastern Europe was 17,209 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 17,209 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,284 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Europe rank for watermelons — yield?
- Eastern Europe ranks 25th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Europe 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.