Watermelons — Yield in Niger
Niger: Watermelons — Yield was 24,861 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Yield in Niger, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — yield in Niger is 24,861 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 27.9% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Niger peaked at 28,298 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 384.6 kg/ha, in 1993.
That places Niger 55th out of 119 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Yield in Niger, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 384.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1996 | 9,756 kg/ha | +2436.7% |
| 1997 | 4,843 kg/ha | -50.4% |
| 1998 | 4,066 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1999 | 2,786 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 2000 | 3,352 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 2001 | 3,212 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 3,396 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 2,966 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2004 | 10,000 kg/ha | +237.1% |
| 2005 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 9,043 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2009 | 9,622 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 5,440 kg/ha | -43.5% |
| 2011 | 20,464 kg/ha | +276.2% |
| 2012 | 20,565 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 21,261 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 25,866 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2015 | 21,193 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 2016 | 20,705 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 25,753 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 2018 | 21,874 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2019 | 26,836 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2020 | 27,042 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 28,298 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 25,762 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2023 | 19,441 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 2024 | 24,861 kg/ha | +27.9% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 24,861 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 17,698 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Niger's 24,861 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 16,469 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Yield in Niger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +2436.7% | 384.6 kg/ha | 9,756 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +276.2% | 5,440 kg/ha | 20,464 kg/ha |
| 2004 | +237.1% | 2,966 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,367 kg/ha | 384.6 kg/ha | 9,756 kg/ha | 5 |
| 2000s | 7,159 kg/ha | 2,966 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,996 kg/ha | 5,440 kg/ha | 26,836 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,081 kg/ha | 19,441 kg/ha | 28,298 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 52 Saudi Arabia 25,731 kg/ha compare
- 53 Bosnia and Herzegovina 25,721 kg/ha compare
- 54 Kyrgyzstan 25,042 kg/ha compare
- 56 Djibouti 24,794 kg/ha compare
- 57 Thailand 24,723 kg/ha compare
- 58 Costa Rica 24,654 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Niger
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 4.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.65 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.334 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.68 % 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 2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Niger?
- Watermelons — yield in Niger was 24,861 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 28,298 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 384.6 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Niger rank for watermelons — yield?
- Niger ranks 55th out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Niger 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.