Watermelons — Yield in Spain
Spain: Watermelons — Yield was 55,985 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Spain recorded 55,985 kg/ha for watermelons — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Spain peaked at 57,619 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 11,740 kg/ha, in 1966.
That places Spain 11th out of 119 countries 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 Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,305 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,435 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1963 | 13,752 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 13,792 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 12,540 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1966 | 11,740 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1967 | 11,984 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 11,754 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 12,752 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1970 | 13,004 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 13,849 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1972 | 13,425 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 16,170 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1974 | 16,305 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 17,895 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1976 | 17,486 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 17,348 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 16,305 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1979 | 18,652 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1980 | 18,124 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 18,249 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 18,867 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 19,738 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 19,100 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 20,337 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1986 | 20,915 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 22,971 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1988 | 22,811 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 22,159 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 26,484 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1991 | 24,908 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 24,733 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 26,034 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 26,229 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 33,486 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 1996 | 32,408 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 33,309 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 38,447 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1999 | 37,828 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 39,203 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 37,637 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 39,711 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 45,752 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2004 | 47,429 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 44,325 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 45,190 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 46,910 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 46,138 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 47,117 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 41,958 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2011 | 43,092 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 46,000 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 48,575 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 47,834 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 54,301 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2016 | 57,010 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 55,587 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 53,549 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 55,922 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 57,116 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 57,619 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 53,686 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 54,470 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 55,985 kg/ha | +2.8% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 55,985 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 27,749 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Spain's 55,985 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 31,962 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,895 kg/ha | 11,740 kg/ha | 14,305 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,044 kg/ha | 13,004 kg/ha | 18,652 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,327 kg/ha | 18,124 kg/ha | 22,971 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,387 kg/ha | 24,733 kg/ha | 38,447 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,941 kg/ha | 37,637 kg/ha | 47,429 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 50,383 kg/ha | 41,958 kg/ha | 57,010 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 55,775 kg/ha | 53,686 kg/ha | 57,619 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 8 Honduras 57,535 kg/ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 16,085 kg/ha compare
- 9 Palestine 57,204 kg/ha compare
- 10 Montenegro 56,743 kg/ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 14,459 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13,648 kg/ha compare
- 12 Slovakia 51,429 kg/ha compare
- 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
More environment data for Spain
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.67 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.402 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.3 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 10.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.4277 % 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 -0.5136 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Spain?
- Watermelons — yield in Spain was 55,985 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 57,619 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,740 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Spain rank for watermelons — yield?
- Spain ranks 11th out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.