Watermelons — Yield in Melanesia
Melanesia: Watermelons — Yield was 11,652 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Yield in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 11,652 kg/ha for watermelons — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Melanesia peaked at 20,500 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 8,778 kg/ha, in 1993.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,286 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1963 | 20,000 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 19,333 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 20,000 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 19,375 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1967 | 20,000 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 19,412 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 20,000 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 19,444 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1971 | 20,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 19,474 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1973 | 20,000 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 19,500 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 20,000 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 20,500 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 20,000 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 19,546 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 20,000 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 19,565 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 20,000 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 19,583 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 20,000 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 19,615 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 19,231 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 18,889 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 19,259 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 18,929 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 18,000 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 16,314 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1992 | 15,719 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 8,778 kg/ha | -44.2% |
| 1994 | 10,333 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1995 | 10,891 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 10,364 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 11,846 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1998 | 11,922 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 11,606 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 11,370 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 11,477 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 11,309 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 11,900 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 12,590 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 11,996 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 12,007 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 12,049 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 11,488 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 12,127 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 10,672 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2011 | 10,946 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 10,446 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 9,926 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 9,797 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 16,990 kg/ha | +73.4% |
| 2016 | 17,213 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 17,143 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 17,270 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 17,566 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 14,375 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2021 | 14,492 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 11,620 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2023 | 11,652 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 11,652 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Yield in Melanesia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +73.4% | 9,797 kg/ha | 16,990 kg/ha |
| 1993 | -44.2% | 15,719 kg/ha | 8,778 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,712 kg/ha | 19,286 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,846 kg/ha | 19,444 kg/ha | 20,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,507 kg/ha | 18,889 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,577 kg/ha | 8,778 kg/ha | 18,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,831 kg/ha | 11,309 kg/ha | 12,590 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,797 kg/ha | 9,797 kg/ha | 17,566 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,758 kg/ha | 11,620 kg/ha | 14,492 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 10 Montenegro 56,743 kg/ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 14,459 kg/ha compare
- 11 Spain 55,985 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13,648 kg/ha compare
- 12 Slovakia 51,429 kg/ha compare
- 13 Lebanon 50,620 kg/ha compare
- 14 Australia 49,435 kg/ha compare
- 14 Cabo Verde 25,714 kg/ha compare
- 14 United Republic of Tanzania 7,331 kg/ha compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 5,355 kg/ha compare
- 15 Australia and New Zealand 47,355 kg/ha compare
- 16 Albania 47,112 kg/ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 4,945 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Melanesia
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.857 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 3.85 kg/ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 52,995 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0.47 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.3 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 21,133 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Melanesia?
- Watermelons — yield in Melanesia was 11,652 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 20,500 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,778 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Melanesia rank for watermelons — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 13th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.