Watermelons — Yield in Morocco
Morocco: Watermelons — Yield was 38,892 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 38,892 kg/ha for watermelons — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 22.3% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Morocco peaked at 45,396 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 10,250 kg/ha, in 1961.
Morocco ranks 27th of 119 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Morocco, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,250 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,000 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1963 | 14,333 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1964 | 20,286 kg/ha | +41.5% |
| 1965 | 14,732 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 1966 | 13,150 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1967 | 17,573 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 1968 | 18,750 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 15,714 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1970 | 15,833 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 16,667 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 16,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 16,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 16,944 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 17,123 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 17,397 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 17,432 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 17,333 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 17,368 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 17,403 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 17,000 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 17,125 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 22,222 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 1984 | 25,000 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 23,333 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 23,077 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 21,857 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 21,053 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1989 | 24,145 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1990 | 23,130 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 22,684 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 18,888 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1993 | 19,682 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 15,587 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1995 | 17,997 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1996 | 22,701 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 1997 | 18,464 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1998 | 20,730 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1999 | 21,141 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 22,688 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2001 | 27,348 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 2002 | 29,715 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 33,931 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2004 | 34,883 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 31,046 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2006 | 37,812 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2007 | 44,781 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2008 | 38,503 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2009 | 41,825 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 33,454 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2011 | 37,644 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 40,600 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2013 | 43,355 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 45,396 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 38,998 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2016 | 35,734 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2017 | 37,130 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 39,194 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 38,717 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 40,289 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 42,909 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 42,289 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 31,796 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 2024 | 38,892 kg/ha | +22.3% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 38,892 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 29,115 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 38,892 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 34,000 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,199 kg/ha | 10,250 kg/ha | 20,286 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,943 kg/ha | 15,833 kg/ha | 17,432 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,221 kg/ha | 17,000 kg/ha | 25,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,100 kg/ha | 15,587 kg/ha | 23,130 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 34,253 kg/ha | 22,688 kg/ha | 44,781 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,022 kg/ha | 33,454 kg/ha | 45,396 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,235 kg/ha | 31,796 kg/ha | 42,909 kg/ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Morocco
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -19.84 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.521 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.14 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.3488 % 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 -1.54 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Morocco?
- Watermelons — yield in Morocco was 38,892 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 45,396 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,250 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Morocco rank for watermelons — yield?
- Morocco ranks 27th out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.