Watermelons — Yield in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Watermelons — Yield was 46,864 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — yield in European Union (27) stood at 46,864 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 36.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in European Union (27) peaked at 47,078 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 13,272 kg/ha, in 1961.
European Union (27) ranks 3rd of 27 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,272 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,857 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 16,944 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1964 | 16,083 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1965 | 14,751 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1966 | 17,041 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1967 | 17,798 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 15,669 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1969 | 17,792 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1970 | 18,708 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1971 | 19,960 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 20,268 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 21,232 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 18,830 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1975 | 23,660 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1976 | 21,599 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1977 | 21,796 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 21,330 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1979 | 22,513 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1980 | 21,925 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 22,321 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 22,651 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 22,876 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 22,993 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 23,376 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 23,636 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 23,272 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 21,707 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1989 | 18,802 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1990 | 24,579 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 1991 | 26,099 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1992 | 24,278 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1993 | 24,948 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 23,407 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 24,786 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 22,224 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1997 | 23,186 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 23,777 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 24,062 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 21,697 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2001 | 26,358 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 2002 | 26,899 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 28,923 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 30,987 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 30,077 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 30,774 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 30,592 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 32,149 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 33,228 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 31,984 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 32,087 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 32,221 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 34,169 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 34,380 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 36,484 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 37,674 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 39,466 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 43,257 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 40,328 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 45,028 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2021 | 46,159 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 47,078 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 45,773 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 46,864 kg/ha | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,912 kg/ha | 13,272 kg/ha | 17,798 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,990 kg/ha | 18,708 kg/ha | 23,660 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,356 kg/ha | 18,802 kg/ha | 23,636 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,134 kg/ha | 22,224 kg/ha | 26,099 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,169 kg/ha | 21,697 kg/ha | 33,228 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,205 kg/ha | 31,984 kg/ha | 43,257 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 46,180 kg/ha | 45,028 kg/ha | 47,078 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 1 Dominican Republic 336,546 kg/ha compare
- 1 Caribbean 145,742 kg/ha compare
- 2 Botswana 124,972 kg/ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 50,548 kg/ha compare
- 3 Guyana 122,246 kg/ha compare
- 4 Tunisia 108,448 kg/ha compare
- 4 Viet Nam 25,663 kg/ha compare
- 5 Guatemala 96,032 kg/ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22,850 kg/ha compare
- 6 Greece 80,694 kg/ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 20,402 kg/ha compare
More environment data for European Union (27)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.429 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.31 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 17.28 kg/ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 431,318 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 4.18 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 5.46 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 3.99 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 5.35 kg/cap (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 3.11 million 1000 USD (1989)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in European Union (27)?
- Watermelons — yield in European Union (27) was 46,864 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 47,078 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,272 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for watermelons — yield?
- European Union (27) ranks 3rd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.