Watermelons — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Watermelons — Yield was 4,233 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago, 1979–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — yield in Trinidad and Tobago stood at 4,233 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 55.9% on the previous year and up 120.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 13,300 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 1,919 kg/ha, in 2014.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 117th of 119 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 46 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 8,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1980 | 10,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1981 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 11,000 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 10,809 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 13,300 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1990 | 9,012 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 1991 | 9,333 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 9,295 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 9,256 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 9,453 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 9,569 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 9,900 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 10,062 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 9,746 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 9,759 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 9,774 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 9,786 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 9,794 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 9,785 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 10,246 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 9,981 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 9,696 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 9,387 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 10,000 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 8,847 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2010 | 8,995 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 3,030 kg/ha | -66.3% |
| 2012 | 4,536 kg/ha | +49.7% |
| 2013 | 3,480 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2014 | 1,919 kg/ha | -44.9% |
| 2015 | 3,516 kg/ha | +83.3% |
| 2016 | 5,036 kg/ha | +43.2% |
| 2017 | 2,978 kg/ha | -40.9% |
| 2018 | 3,058 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 10,340 kg/ha | +238.1% |
| 2020 | 10,367 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 4,968 kg/ha | -52.1% |
| 2022 | 7,620 kg/ha | +53.4% |
| 2023 | 9,592 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 2024 | 4,233 kg/ha | -55.9% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 4,233 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 27,749 kg/ha, 15% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Trinidad and Tobago's 4,233 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19,151 kg/ha, 22% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +238.1% | 3,058 kg/ha | 10,340 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +83.3% | 1,919 kg/ha | 3,516 kg/ha |
| 2011 | -66.3% | 8,995 kg/ha | 3,030 kg/ha |
| 2024 | -55.9% | 9,592 kg/ha | 4,233 kg/ha |
| 2022 | +53.4% | 4,968 kg/ha | 7,620 kg/ha |
| 2021 | -52.1% | 10,367 kg/ha | 4,968 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8,333 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1980s | 10,511 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 13,300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,539 kg/ha | 9,012 kg/ha | 10,062 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,730 kg/ha | 8,847 kg/ha | 10,246 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,689 kg/ha | 1,919 kg/ha | 10,340 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,356 kg/ha | 4,233 kg/ha | 10,367 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
- 114 Antigua and Barbuda 5,400 kg/ha compare
- 115 Paraguay 4,885 kg/ha compare
- 116 Sudan 4,610 kg/ha compare
- 118 Réunion 1,010 kg/ha compare
- 119 Mauritania 557.8 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.54 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.36 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.79 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.2637 % 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 0.9604 % 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 Trinidad and Tobago?
- Watermelons — yield in Trinidad and Tobago was 4,233 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 13,300 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,919 kg/ha in 2014.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for watermelons — yield?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 117th out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 120.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.