Watermelons — Yield in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Watermelons — Yield was 28,916 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 28,916 kg/ha for watermelons — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Northern Africa peaked at 29,473 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 15,492 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Northern Africa 11th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,234 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,601 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 18,590 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 18,096 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 17,291 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1966 | 19,099 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1967 | 18,793 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 18,173 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1969 | 17,394 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1970 | 16,706 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1971 | 16,017 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 16,733 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 17,653 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1974 | 18,165 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 19,054 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 18,328 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1977 | 16,805 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1978 | 17,835 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 16,610 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1980 | 16,185 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 17,789 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1982 | 16,932 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 17,376 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 18,339 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1985 | 17,613 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 16,473 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1987 | 18,550 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1988 | 16,420 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1989 | 16,338 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 15,768 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1991 | 15,492 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 15,627 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 17,264 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1994 | 16,536 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 17,027 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 18,725 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 20,246 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 19,736 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 19,721 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 20,384 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 20,166 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 21,305 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 22,194 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 22,329 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 23,594 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 24,769 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 25,916 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 25,191 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 26,609 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 26,241 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 26,573 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 27,775 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 29,473 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 29,296 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 27,281 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 25,693 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 26,681 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 27,855 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 27,910 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 27,488 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 28,171 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 27,925 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 28,191 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 28,916 kg/ha | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,030 kg/ha | 17,234 kg/ha | 19,099 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,391 kg/ha | 16,017 kg/ha | 19,054 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,202 kg/ha | 16,185 kg/ha | 18,550 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,614 kg/ha | 15,492 kg/ha | 20,246 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,246 kg/ha | 20,166 kg/ha | 26,609 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,478 kg/ha | 25,693 kg/ha | 29,473 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,138 kg/ha | 27,488 kg/ha | 28,916 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 8 Honduras 57,535 kg/ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 16,085 kg/ha compare
- 9 Palestine 57,204 kg/ha compare
- 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
- 13 Melanesia 11,652 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
More environment data for Northern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 888,500 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 701,000 t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 1.10 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 864,000 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 27.72 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Northern Africa?
- Watermelons — yield in Northern Africa was 28,916 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 29,473 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,492 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Northern Africa rank for watermelons — yield?
- Northern Africa ranks 11th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.