Watermelons — Yield in Malaysia
Malaysia: Watermelons — Yield was 17,397 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Yield in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — yield in Malaysia stood at 17,397 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 12.3% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Malaysia peaked at 24,444 kg/ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 15,390 kg/ha, in 2020.
That places Malaysia 81st out of 119 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,454 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 22,417 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 22,400 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 22,385 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 22,429 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 22,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 22,438 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 22,412 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 22,444 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 22,400 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 22,423 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 22,417 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1973 | 22,409 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1974 | 22,407 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 22,391 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 22,308 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 22,421 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 22,368 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 22,421 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 19,444 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1981 | 22,410 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1982 | 22,375 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 22,400 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 21,760 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 22,636 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 22,095 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 16,375 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1988 | 22,500 kg/ha | +37.4% |
| 1989 | 22,255 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 21,875 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 21,333 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 22,222 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 22,000 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 22,308 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 22,500 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 22,308 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 20,833 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 24,444 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1999 | 21,667 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2000 | 19,387 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2001 | 22,844 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2002 | 21,555 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 20,968 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 20,952 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 20,952 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 18,006 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2007 | 16,710 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2008 | 21,618 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 2009 | 16,048 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 2010 | 16,363 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 15,966 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 18,887 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2013 | 18,999 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 16,268 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2015 | 17,850 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2016 | 17,445 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 17,955 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 15,922 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2019 | 17,363 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 15,390 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2021 | 16,899 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2022 | 16,976 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 19,827 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2024 | 17,397 kg/ha | -12.3% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 17,397 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23,757 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 17,397 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 14,172 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Yield in Malaysia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +37.4% | 16,375 kg/ha | 22,500 kg/ha |
| 2008 | +29.4% | 16,710 kg/ha | 21,618 kg/ha |
| 1987 | -25.9% | 22,095 kg/ha | 16,375 kg/ha |
| 2009 | -25.8% | 21,618 kg/ha | 16,048 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,423 kg/ha | 22,385 kg/ha | 22,454 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,397 kg/ha | 22,308 kg/ha | 22,423 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,425 kg/ha | 16,375 kg/ha | 22,636 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,149 kg/ha | 20,833 kg/ha | 24,444 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,904 kg/ha | 16,048 kg/ha | 22,844 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,302 kg/ha | 15,922 kg/ha | 18,999 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,298 kg/ha | 15,390 kg/ha | 19,827 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More environment data for Malaysia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.65 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.25 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -2.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.33 % 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 0.9114 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Malaysia?
- Watermelons — yield in Malaysia was 17,397 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 24,444 kg/ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,390 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Malaysia rank for watermelons — yield?
- Malaysia ranks 81st out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.