Watermelons — Yield in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Watermelons — Yield was 50,280 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 50,280 kg/ha for watermelons — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Southern Europe peaked at 50,280 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13,273 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Southern Europe 2nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,273 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,676 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1963 | 15,759 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1964 | 16,269 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 15,294 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1966 | 16,081 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1967 | 16,868 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 16,100 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1969 | 17,160 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1970 | 17,481 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 18,369 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 18,120 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 19,259 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1974 | 17,634 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1975 | 21,804 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1976 | 20,841 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1977 | 20,521 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 20,179 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 20,874 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 20,960 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 21,529 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 21,538 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 22,779 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 22,777 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 23,168 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 23,327 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 24,160 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 22,103 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1989 | 21,726 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 23,351 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1991 | 25,896 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1992 | 24,519 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 25,310 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 25,603 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 27,633 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1996 | 26,522 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 27,096 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 28,433 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 28,066 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 28,310 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 29,005 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 29,945 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 31,547 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 32,763 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 31,922 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 31,272 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 31,860 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 32,782 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 33,462 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 32,831 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 32,963 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 37,749 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2013 | 39,344 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 38,368 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 42,442 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2016 | 44,153 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 42,762 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 46,223 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 44,438 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 46,809 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 47,219 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 48,746 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 48,193 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 50,280 kg/ha | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,609 kg/ha | 13,273 kg/ha | 17,160 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,508 kg/ha | 17,481 kg/ha | 21,804 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,407 kg/ha | 20,960 kg/ha | 24,160 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,243 kg/ha | 23,351 kg/ha | 28,433 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,287 kg/ha | 28,310 kg/ha | 33,462 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,127 kg/ha | 32,831 kg/ha | 46,223 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 48,249 kg/ha | 46,809 kg/ha | 50,280 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 1 Dominican Republic 336,546 kg/ha compare
- 1 Caribbean 145,742 kg/ha compare
- 2 Botswana 124,972 kg/ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 50,548 kg/ha compare
- 3 Guyana 122,246 kg/ha compare
- 4 Tunisia 108,448 kg/ha compare
- 4 Viet Nam 25,663 kg/ha compare
- 5 Guatemala 96,032 kg/ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22,850 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Southern Europe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.3167 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.1235 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.323 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 73.08 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 48.29 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 24.80 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 783,078 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 6.44 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Southern Europe?
- Watermelons — yield in Southern Europe was 50,280 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 50,280 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,273 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Europe rank for watermelons — yield?
- Southern Europe ranks 2nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.