Watermelons — Yield in Somalia
Somalia: Watermelons — Yield was 9,856 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Yield in Somalia, 1983–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — yield in Somalia stood at 9,856 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Somalia peaked at 12,500 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 9,630 kg/ha, in 2004.
That places Somalia 110th out of 119 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 42 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Somalia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1984 | 11,111 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1985 | 11,111 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 12,000 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1987 | 11,818 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 11,111 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1989 | 11,818 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1990 | 12,500 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 10,909 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1992 | 10,000 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1993 | 11,250 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1994 | 11,429 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 11,097 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 10,817 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 10,430 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1998 | 10,085 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 9,924 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 9,685 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 9,778 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 9,782 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 9,756 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 9,630 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 9,828 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 9,817 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 9,806 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 9,801 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 9,797 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 9,793 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 9,790 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 9,867 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 9,874 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 9,894 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 9,900 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 9,906 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 9,912 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 9,918 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 9,924 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 9,816 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 9,816 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 9,858 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 9,857 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 9,856 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 9,856 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 17,698 kg/ha, 56% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 9,856 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 16,469 kg/ha, 60% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11,281 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 7 |
| 1990s | 10,844 kg/ha | 9,924 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,768 kg/ha | 9,630 kg/ha | 9,828 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,878 kg/ha | 9,790 kg/ha | 9,924 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,841 kg/ha | 9,816 kg/ha | 9,858 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More environment data for Somalia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -28.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -24.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.53 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.5029 % 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 -0.1376 % 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 Somalia?
- Watermelons — yield in Somalia was 9,856 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 12,500 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,630 kg/ha in 2004.
- How does Somalia rank for watermelons — yield?
- Somalia ranks 110th out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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.