Watermelons — Yield in Mexico
Mexico: Watermelons — Yield was 32,876 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — yield in Mexico is 32,876 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Mexico peaked at 35,810 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 7,960 kg/ha, in 1961.
Mexico ranks 40th of 119 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Mexico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,960 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,164 kg/ha | +40.2% |
| 1963 | 11,123 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 11,244 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 11,548 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 11,657 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 9,235 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1968 | 9,636 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 10,822 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1970 | 10,369 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1971 | 13,508 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 1972 | 11,000 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1973 | 9,716 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1974 | 12,052 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1975 | 13,030 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1976 | 13,782 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1977 | 13,232 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1978 | 14,319 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1979 | 15,514 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1980 | 15,232 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 14,256 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1982 | 14,874 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 12,387 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1984 | 13,221 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 12,183 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1986 | 12,050 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 13,928 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1988 | 13,290 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 13,193 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 13,603 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 12,354 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1992 | 11,938 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 13,599 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1994 | 14,708 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1995 | 15,733 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 16,896 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 18,643 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1998 | 21,406 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1999 | 22,391 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 22,725 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 22,012 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 22,353 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 22,374 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 23,944 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 20,606 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2006 | 22,559 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 22,510 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 23,589 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 24,895 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 23,542 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 24,294 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 27,544 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2013 | 26,216 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 27,400 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 28,878 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 31,021 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 32,145 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 35,810 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2019 | 34,201 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 34,828 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 31,913 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2022 | 30,813 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 33,450 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2024 | 32,876 kg/ha | -1.7% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 32,876 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23,757 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 32,876 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19,151 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,488 kg/ha | 7,960 kg/ha | 11,657 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,652 kg/ha | 9,716 kg/ha | 15,514 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,461 kg/ha | 12,050 kg/ha | 15,232 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,127 kg/ha | 11,938 kg/ha | 22,391 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,757 kg/ha | 20,606 kg/ha | 24,895 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,105 kg/ha | 23,542 kg/ha | 35,810 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,776 kg/ha | 30,813 kg/ha | 34,828 kg/ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Mexico
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.6859 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.6189 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.234 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.62 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.1645 % 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 -0.5194 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Mexico?
- Watermelons — yield in Mexico was 32,876 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 35,810 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,960 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for watermelons — yield?
- Mexico ranks 40th out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.