Watermelons — Yield in Europe
Europe: Watermelons — Yield was 26,895 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — yield in Europe stood at 26,895 kg/ha. 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 53.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Europe peaked at 26,895 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,575 kg/ha, in 1961.
Europe ranks 13th of 27 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 — Yield in Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,575 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,283 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1963 | 6,970 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1964 | 7,867 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1965 | 6,895 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1966 | 7,921 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1967 | 8,307 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 7,804 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1969 | 7,694 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 7,996 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 8,345 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 7,772 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1973 | 8,268 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1974 | 8,629 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 9,633 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1976 | 9,239 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1977 | 9,331 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 8,187 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1979 | 10,000 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1980 | 12,288 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1981 | 12,841 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 12,944 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 13,357 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 12,804 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1985 | 12,469 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 12,478 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 12,822 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 12,376 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 11,852 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1990 | 13,008 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1991 | 12,978 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 11,543 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1993 | 12,852 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1994 | 13,215 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 12,756 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 12,563 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 12,721 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 14,220 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1999 | 12,806 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2000 | 11,748 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 14,190 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2002 | 15,248 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2003 | 15,489 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 16,854 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2005 | 17,431 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 15,994 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2007 | 15,100 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 15,927 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 17,726 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2010 | 17,207 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 16,390 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 18,316 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2013 | 18,246 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 17,482 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 18,050 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 19,473 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2017 | 20,222 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 22,317 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2019 | 21,925 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 23,445 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 24,859 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 26,656 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 26,432 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 26,895 kg/ha | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,257 kg/ha | 5,575 kg/ha | 8,307 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,740 kg/ha | 7,772 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,623 kg/ha | 11,852 kg/ha | 13,357 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,866 kg/ha | 11,543 kg/ha | 14,220 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,571 kg/ha | 11,748 kg/ha | 17,726 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,963 kg/ha | 16,390 kg/ha | 22,317 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,657 kg/ha | 23,445 kg/ha | 26,895 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 10 Montenegro 56,743 kg/ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 14,459 kg/ha compare
- 11 Spain 55,985 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13,648 kg/ha compare
- 12 Slovakia 51,429 kg/ha compare
- 13 Lebanon 50,620 kg/ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 11,652 kg/ha compare
- 14 Australia 49,435 kg/ha compare
- 14 Cabo Verde 25,714 kg/ha compare
- 14 United Republic of Tanzania 7,331 kg/ha compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 5,355 kg/ha compare
- 15 Australia and New Zealand 47,355 kg/ha compare
- 16 Albania 47,112 kg/ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 4,945 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Europe
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.33 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.435 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.71 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 101.18 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 57.94 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 94.14 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 73.33 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 49.53 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Europe?
- Watermelons — yield in Europe was 26,895 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 26,895 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,575 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Europe rank for watermelons — yield?
- Europe ranks 13th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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.