Watermelons — Yield in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Watermelons — Yield was 25,146 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — yield in Southern Asia stood at 25,146 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Southern Asia peaked at 26,066 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7,705 kg/ha, in 1965.
Southern Asia ranks 16th of 27 groups 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 Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,026 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,961 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 7,741 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 7,713 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 7,705 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 7,939 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 8,184 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 8,901 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1969 | 9,113 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 9,225 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 9,451 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 9,207 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1973 | 9,475 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 9,531 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 9,577 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 9,647 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 10,483 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1978 | 11,468 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1979 | 10,669 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1980 | 11,155 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 11,864 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1982 | 12,663 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 11,573 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1984 | 12,503 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 12,874 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 12,879 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 13,074 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 14,426 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1989 | 10,880 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 1990 | 18,453 kg/ha | +69.6% |
| 1991 | 11,300 kg/ha | -38.8% |
| 1992 | 13,455 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1993 | 13,888 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 13,932 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 13,870 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 16,160 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1997 | 17,690 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1998 | 18,009 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 18,613 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 17,512 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2001 | 17,855 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 19,313 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2003 | 19,495 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 20,280 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 21,440 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 20,239 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 19,872 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 19,982 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 20,250 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 20,964 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 21,710 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 22,301 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 22,471 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 23,406 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 23,138 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 22,676 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 19,855 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2018 | 21,926 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2019 | 25,709 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2020 | 26,066 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 24,550 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 25,622 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 24,952 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 25,146 kg/ha | +0.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Yield in Southern Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +69.6% | 10,880 kg/ha | 18,453 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -38.8% | 18,453 kg/ha | 11,300 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,142 kg/ha | 7,705 kg/ha | 9,113 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,873 kg/ha | 9,207 kg/ha | 11,468 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,389 kg/ha | 10,880 kg/ha | 14,426 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,537 kg/ha | 11,300 kg/ha | 18,613 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,624 kg/ha | 17,512 kg/ha | 21,440 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,416 kg/ha | 19,855 kg/ha | 25,709 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,267 kg/ha | 24,550 kg/ha | 26,066 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 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
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 5,355 kg/ha compare
- 15 Australia and New Zealand 47,355 kg/ha compare
- 16 Albania 47,112 kg/ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 4,945 kg/ha compare
- 17 Italy 46,653 kg/ha compare
- 18 Hungary 46,508 kg/ha compare
- 19 Oman 45,477 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4009 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.44 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 15.39 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.45 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 24.03 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 18.27 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 44.63 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Southern Asia?
- Watermelons — yield in Southern Asia was 25,146 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 26,066 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,705 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Southern Asia rank for watermelons — yield?
- Southern Asia ranks 16th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.