Watermelons — Yield in Israel
Israel: Watermelons — Yield was 23,861 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Israel recorded 23,861 kg/ha for watermelons — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 99.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Israel peaked at 29,480 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 7,886 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Israel 61st out of 119 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Israel, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,649 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,610 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1963 | 11,125 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1964 | 11,674 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1965 | 11,942 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 10,272 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1967 | 11,149 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1968 | 10,872 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 11,848 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1970 | 13,439 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1971 | 14,434 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1972 | 12,965 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1973 | 14,649 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1974 | 13,032 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1975 | 13,388 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 15,289 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1977 | 16,151 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1978 | 13,192 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1979 | 14,785 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1980 | 14,305 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 15,905 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1982 | 13,322 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1983 | 12,633 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1984 | 15,306 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1985 | 15,888 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 16,509 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1987 | 16,818 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 16,186 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 13,287 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1990 | 10,086 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1991 | 7,886 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1992 | 8,833 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1993 | 7,933 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1994 | 15,680 kg/ha | +97.6% |
| 1995 | 21,453 kg/ha | +36.8% |
| 1996 | 19,025 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1997 | 20,508 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 20,139 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 25,945 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 2000 | 25,502 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 25,653 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 23,567 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2003 | 22,950 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 29,480 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 2005 | 11,403 kg/ha | -61.3% |
| 2006 | 11,689 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 11,670 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 11,898 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 11,124 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 11,322 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 11,208 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 11,089 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 11,474 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 11,940 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 13,724 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2016 | 16,114 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2017 | 19,339 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2018 | 22,599 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2019 | 28,126 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 2020 | 27,467 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 23,219 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2022 | 23,352 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 23,509 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 23,861 kg/ha | +1.5% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 23,861 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 27,749 kg/ha, 86% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Israel's 23,861 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 34,000 kg/ha, 70% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Yield in Israel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +97.6% | 7,933 kg/ha | 15,680 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,349 kg/ha | 10,272 kg/ha | 12,610 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,132 kg/ha | 12,965 kg/ha | 16,151 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,016 kg/ha | 12,633 kg/ha | 16,818 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,749 kg/ha | 7,886 kg/ha | 25,945 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,493 kg/ha | 11,124 kg/ha | 29,480 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,693 kg/ha | 11,089 kg/ha | 28,126 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,282 kg/ha | 23,219 kg/ha | 27,467 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 58 Costa Rica 24,654 kg/ha compare
- 59 France 24,591 kg/ha compare
- 60 El Salvador 24,361 kg/ha compare
- 62 Brazil 23,757 kg/ha compare
- 63 Turkmenistan 23,293 kg/ha compare
- 64 Bulgaria 23,064 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Israel
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -15.63 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -11.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.477 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.69 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -3.08 % 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 0.0542 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Israel?
- Watermelons — yield in Israel was 23,861 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 29,480 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,886 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Israel rank for watermelons — yield?
- Israel ranks 61st out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 99.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel 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.