Watermelons — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Watermelons — Yield was 45,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in Zimbabwe, 2019–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — yield in Zimbabwe stood at 45,000 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 37.7% on the previous year and up 80.0% over ten years.
Zimbabwe ranks 20th of 119 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Watermelons — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 25,000 kg/ha | — |
| 2020 | 36,000 kg/ha | +44.0% |
| 2021 | 31,377 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2022 | 33,841 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2023 | 32,668 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 45,000 kg/ha | +37.7% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 45,000 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 29,115 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 45,000 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 16,469 kg/ha, 2.7× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 25,000 kg/ha | 25,000 kg/ha | 25,000 kg/ha | 1 |
| 2020s | 35,777 kg/ha | 31,377 kg/ha | 45,000 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More environment data for Zimbabwe
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.06 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.19 % 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 1.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Watermelons — yield in Zimbabwe was 45,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 45,000 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,000 kg/ha in 2019.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for watermelons — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 20th out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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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About this data
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.