Watermelons — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Watermelons — Yield was 16,997 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Yield in Western 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 Western Africa is 16,997 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 12.1% on the previous year and up 37.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Western Africa peaked at 28,116 kg/ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 9,693 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places Western Africa 26th out of 31 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,531 kg/ha | 25,912 kg/ha | 28,116 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,294 kg/ha | 24,564 kg/ha | 26,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,184 kg/ha | 22,270 kg/ha | 25,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,585 kg/ha | 12,683 kg/ha | 23,552 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,171 kg/ha | 9,693 kg/ha | 18,318 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,955 kg/ha | 12,392 kg/ha | 17,025 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,093 kg/ha | 15,161 kg/ha | 19,385 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
More environment data for Western Africa
- Temperature change 1.37 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 °C (2025)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 241.74 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 221.11 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 20.68 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 79,324 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value 113,229 1000 USD (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production 13.78 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 20.62 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Western Africa?
- Watermelons — yield in Western Africa was 16,997 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 28,116 kg/ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,693 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Western Africa rank for watermelons — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 26th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western 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.