Watermelons — Yield in Greece
Greece: Watermelons — Yield was 80,694 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 80,694 kg/ha for watermelons — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 30.9% on the previous year and up 115.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Greece peaked at 80,694 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9,609 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Greece 6th out of 119 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,609 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,484 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 13,044 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1964 | 14,620 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1965 | 14,511 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 16,188 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1967 | 17,180 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1968 | 17,234 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 20,515 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1970 | 22,390 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1971 | 23,112 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 22,950 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 24,467 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1974 | 18,883 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1975 | 32,577 kg/ha | +72.5% |
| 1976 | 29,652 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1977 | 27,874 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1978 | 31,485 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1979 | 30,871 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 31,671 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 32,688 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 30,779 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1983 | 32,071 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 34,044 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1985 | 33,484 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 34,294 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 34,869 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 30,000 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1989 | 29,775 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 32,437 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1991 | 46,901 kg/ha | +44.6% |
| 1992 | 37,752 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1993 | 35,493 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1994 | 37,091 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 35,927 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 35,939 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 37,204 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 37,179 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 38,615 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 38,382 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 38,923 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 39,218 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 39,817 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 40,470 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 40,314 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 38,208 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 38,776 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 38,120 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 37,500 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 38,222 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 38,262 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 38,026 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 37,457 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 37,444 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 41,017 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2016 | 41,865 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 42,678 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 65,501 kg/ha | +53.5% |
| 2019 | 39,110 kg/ha | -40.3% |
| 2020 | 49,094 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 2021 | 46,505 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 61,072 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 2023 | 61,658 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 80,694 kg/ha | +30.9% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 80,694 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 27,749 kg/ha, 2.9× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Greece's 80,694 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 31,962 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Yield in Greece 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +72.5% | 18,883 kg/ha | 32,577 kg/ha |
| 2018 | +53.5% | 42,678 kg/ha | 65,501 kg/ha |
| 1991 | +44.6% | 32,437 kg/ha | 46,901 kg/ha |
| 2019 | -40.3% | 65,501 kg/ha | 39,110 kg/ha |
| 2022 | +31.3% | 46,505 kg/ha | 61,072 kg/ha |
| 2024 | +30.9% | 61,658 kg/ha | 80,694 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,821 kg/ha | 9,609 kg/ha | 20,515 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,426 kg/ha | 18,883 kg/ha | 32,577 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,368 kg/ha | 29,775 kg/ha | 34,869 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,454 kg/ha | 32,437 kg/ha | 46,901 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,973 kg/ha | 37,500 kg/ha | 40,470 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,958 kg/ha | 37,444 kg/ha | 65,501 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 59,804 kg/ha | 46,505 kg/ha | 80,694 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 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 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 20,402 kg/ha compare
- 7 Jordan 59,227 kg/ha compare
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 19,242 kg/ha compare
- 8 Honduras 57,535 kg/ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 16,085 kg/ha compare
- 9 Palestine 57,204 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Greece
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.36 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.43 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.43 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- 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 -1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Greece?
- Watermelons — yield in Greece was 80,694 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 80,694 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,609 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for watermelons — yield?
- Greece ranks 6th out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 115.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.