Watermelons — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Watermelons — Yield was 18,935 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — yield in Southern Africa is 18,935 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 20,511 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 8,113 kg/ha, in 1976.
Southern Africa ranks 22nd of 27 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,265 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,469 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 10,436 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 9,680 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1965 | 10,107 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 10,391 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 11,044 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1968 | 10,438 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1969 | 10,496 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 10,631 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 10,614 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 10,307 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 9,891 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 11,273 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1975 | 10,342 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1976 | 8,113 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1977 | 9,893 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1978 | 12,486 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 1979 | 11,403 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1980 | 12,364 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1981 | 10,600 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1982 | 8,652 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1983 | 11,794 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 1984 | 9,661 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1985 | 12,898 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 1986 | 10,692 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1987 | 10,322 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 12,938 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 1989 | 12,753 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 12,512 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 12,787 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 12,854 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 12,927 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 13,209 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 13,202 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 13,298 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 13,013 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 13,670 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 14,478 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 14,141 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 13,913 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 14,259 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 13,764 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 14,802 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2005 | 16,583 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2006 | 14,872 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2007 | 14,786 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 14,715 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 14,745 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 15,153 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 15,231 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 15,223 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 15,239 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 15,216 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 16,077 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 16,177 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 17,283 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 17,526 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 18,487 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 18,141 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 18,164 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 20,511 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2023 | 19,120 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2024 | 18,935 kg/ha | -1.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Yield in Southern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +36.3% | 8,652 kg/ha | 11,794 kg/ha |
| 1985 | +33.5% | 9,661 kg/ha | 12,898 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,369 kg/ha | 9,680 kg/ha | 11,044 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,495 kg/ha | 8,113 kg/ha | 12,486 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,267 kg/ha | 8,652 kg/ha | 12,938 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,195 kg/ha | 12,512 kg/ha | 14,478 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,658 kg/ha | 13,764 kg/ha | 16,583 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,161 kg/ha | 15,153 kg/ha | 18,487 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,974 kg/ha | 18,141 kg/ha | 20,511 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
More environment data for Southern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 4.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 7.61 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.282 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.892 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 161,260 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 770,000 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 17.80 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 17.26 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value 86,901 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Southern Africa?
- Watermelons — yield in Southern Africa was 18,935 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 20,511 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,113 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Southern Africa rank for watermelons — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 22nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.