Watermelons — Yield in Yemen
Yemen: Watermelons — Yield was 17,698 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Yield in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — yield in Yemen is 17,698 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.7% on the previous year and up 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Yemen peaked at 45,195 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 12,518 kg/ha, in 2004.
That places Yemen 80th out of 119 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Yemen, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 37,083 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 37,083 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 36,939 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 36,939 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 37,000 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 37,059 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 37,059 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 36,981 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 36,981 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 36,364 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 37,667 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 37,631 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 37,679 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 40,185 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 42,670 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 45,195 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 42,308 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1978 | 40,889 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1979 | 39,918 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 44,340 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 38,889 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1982 | 34,615 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1983 | 32,353 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1984 | 30,233 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1985 | 27,778 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1986 | 26,567 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 25,039 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1988 | 24,687 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 20,879 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1990 | 18,658 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1991 | 15,158 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1992 | 15,494 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 15,147 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 13,288 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1995 | 12,636 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 12,989 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 12,564 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 12,997 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 13,466 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 12,699 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 13,370 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 13,152 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 13,132 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 12,518 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 12,575 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 12,672 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 12,850 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 12,851 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 12,882 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 14,236 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2011 | 12,544 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2012 | 15,152 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2013 | 15,030 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 14,299 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 14,610 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 14,125 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 14,179 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 16,629 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2019 | 14,723 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2020 | 14,712 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 20,271 kg/ha | +37.8% |
| 2022 | 17,998 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2023 | 18,373 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 17,698 kg/ha | -3.7% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 17,698 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 17,698 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 17,698 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 34,000 kg/ha, 52% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Yield in Yemen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +37.8% | 14,712 kg/ha | 20,271 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,014 kg/ha | 36,939 kg/ha | 37,083 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 40,051 kg/ha | 36,364 kg/ha | 45,195 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,538 kg/ha | 20,879 kg/ha | 44,340 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,240 kg/ha | 12,564 kg/ha | 18,658 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,870 kg/ha | 12,518 kg/ha | 13,370 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,553 kg/ha | 12,544 kg/ha | 16,629 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,811 kg/ha | 14,712 kg/ha | 20,271 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 77 Russian Federation 18,260 kg/ha compare
- 78 Uruguay 18,014 kg/ha compare
- 79 French Guiana 17,789 kg/ha compare
- 81 Malaysia 17,397 kg/ha compare
- 82 Romania 17,357 kg/ha compare
- 83 Serbia and Montenegro 16,989 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Yemen
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -36.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -31.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 43.43 % change on previous year (1998)
- Standard Deviation 0.393 °C (1998)
- Temperature change 1.37 °C (1998)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2018)
- 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 2.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Yemen?
- Watermelons — yield in Yemen was 17,698 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 45,195 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,518 kg/ha in 2004.
- How does Yemen rank for watermelons — yield?
- Yemen ranks 80th out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen 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.