Watermelons — Yield in Peru
Peru: Watermelons — Yield was 31,871 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — yield in Peru stood at 31,871 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Peru peaked at 32,410 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13,780 kg/ha, in 1978.
Peru ranks 43rd 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 Peru, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,217 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 15,217 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 15,217 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 16,083 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 15,428 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1967 | 16,137 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 15,930 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 14,307 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1970 | 14,940 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 14,418 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1972 | 13,955 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1973 | 13,848 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 14,003 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 14,207 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 14,255 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 14,199 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 13,780 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 14,044 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 14,356 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 14,587 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 15,556 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1983 | 14,505 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1984 | 16,424 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1985 | 16,349 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 17,202 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 18,169 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 17,319 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1989 | 16,905 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 17,568 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 17,114 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 16,594 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 18,507 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1994 | 17,172 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 18,270 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1996 | 18,585 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 19,321 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 18,929 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 20,033 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 19,197 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 20,182 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 20,314 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 21,398 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 19,965 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 25,312 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 2006 | 25,534 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 28,574 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2008 | 30,495 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 27,150 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2010 | 25,528 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 26,722 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 26,124 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 26,897 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 28,288 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 28,134 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 24,272 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2017 | 24,918 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 25,907 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 28,611 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2020 | 27,423 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 28,526 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 27,481 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 32,410 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2024 | 31,871 kg/ha | -1.7% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 31,871 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23,757 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Peru's 31,871 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 | 15,393 kg/ha | 14,307 kg/ha | 16,137 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,165 kg/ha | 13,780 kg/ha | 14,940 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,137 kg/ha | 14,356 kg/ha | 18,169 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,209 kg/ha | 16,594 kg/ha | 20,033 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,812 kg/ha | 19,197 kg/ha | 30,495 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,540 kg/ha | 24,272 kg/ha | 28,611 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,542 kg/ha | 27,423 kg/ha | 32,410 kg/ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Peru
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4511 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.13 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.295 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.18 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2019)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.59 % 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 0.1844 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Peru?
- Watermelons — yield in Peru was 31,871 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 32,410 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,780 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Peru rank for watermelons — yield?
- Peru ranks 43rd out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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.