Watermelons — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Watermelons — Yield was 19,195 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in Kenya, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — yield in Kenya stood at 19,195 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 4.3% on the previous year and down 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Kenya peaked at 35,699 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 8,929 kg/ha, in 1994.
Kenya ranks 71st of 119 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 9,056 kg/ha | — |
| 1993 | 9,052 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 8,929 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 9,531 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 9,847 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 10,189 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 12,216 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1999 | 12,007 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 11,242 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2001 | 12,288 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2002 | 13,393 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2003 | 9,045 kg/ha | -32.5% |
| 2004 | 14,088 kg/ha | +55.7% |
| 2005 | 22,554 kg/ha | +60.1% |
| 2006 | 20,000 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2007 | 16,787 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2008 | 16,781 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 19,118 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2010 | 24,374 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 2011 | 20,212 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2012 | 22,492 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2013 | 20,350 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2014 | 24,560 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 2015 | 35,699 kg/ha | +45.4% |
| 2016 | 21,832 kg/ha | -38.8% |
| 2017 | 17,671 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2018 | 24,157 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 2019 | 25,887 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2020 | 21,842 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2021 | 18,017 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2022 | 18,664 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 20,049 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2024 | 19,195 kg/ha | -4.3% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 19,195 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 29,115 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 19,195 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 16,469 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10,103 kg/ha | 8,929 kg/ha | 12,216 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 15,530 kg/ha | 9,045 kg/ha | 22,554 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,723 kg/ha | 17,671 kg/ha | 35,699 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,554 kg/ha | 18,017 kg/ha | 21,842 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 68 Belize 19,595 kg/ha compare
- 69 China, Taiwan Province of 19,460 kg/ha compare
- 70 Slovenia 19,333 kg/ha compare
- 72 Cook Islands 19,176 kg/ha compare
- 73 Puerto Rico 19,151 kg/ha compare
- 74 Sudan (former) 19,048 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Kenya
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.08 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.12 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.25 % 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 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Kenya?
- Watermelons — yield in Kenya was 19,195 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 35,699 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,929 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Kenya rank for watermelons — yield?
- Kenya ranks 71st out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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.