Watermelons Consumption by Country
China accounted for 53,526,432 tonnes of watermelon food supply in 2023, or 63.3 percent of the 84,509,151-tonne listed total. India followed with 3,290,384 tonnes and Algeria with 2,296,360, while Senegal had the highest per-person figure at 202.38 grams per day. The 2023 data cover 172 reporting countries, 171 with values, and represent food available for human consumption from the FAO Supply Utilization Accounts for 2019-2023.
Direct Answer
Direct answer: China had the largest listed food supply of watermelons in 2023, at 53,526,432 tonnes, accounting for 63.3 percent of the listed total. India ranked second with 3,290,384 tonnes and Algeria third with 2,296,360 tonnes. Senegal had the highest per-person supply at 202.38 grams per person per day. These figures represent food available for human consumption, not the amount actually eaten.
The United States placed fourth at 1,901,096 tonnes, with Pakistan fifth at 1,374,095 and Türkiye sixth at 1,364,227. Senegal, Brazil, Vietnam and Iran closed the top ten between 1,025,989 and 1,335,372 tonnes. The top three held 69.9 percent of the annual listed food supply total, and the top five 73.8 percent. Iran added 822,215 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, jumping 403.5 percent from 203,774 to 1,025,989 tonnes. China added 652,720 tonnes, up 1.2 percent. Algeria added 395,951 tonnes, up 20.8 percent. India added 279,697 tonnes, up 9.3 percent. Mexico added 178,978 tonnes, up 46.6 percent, and Kenya 139,386 tonnes, up 45.0 percent. Iraq lost 244,736 tonnes, down 29.4 percent. Brazil shed 129,383 tonnes, down 9.0 percent. The 171 countries present in both years rose from 82,453,123 tonnes to 84,509,151 tonnes, up 2,056,028 tonnes, or 2.5 percent, with no entries or exits. Between 2019 and 2023, the 167 countries present in both years grew from 80,972,985 tonnes to 84,507,174 tonnes, up 3,534,189 tonnes, or 4.4 percent. China added 2,307,824 tonnes, up 4.5 percent, accounting for 65.3 percent of the net gain. India added 1,038,491 tonnes, up 46.1 percent. Pakistan added 852,058 tonnes, up 163.2 percent. Iran lost 430,681 tonnes, down 29.6 percent. Brazil lost 419,373 tonnes, down 24.2 percent. Egypt shed 384,610 tonnes, down 30.3 percent. Türkiye gave up 371,405 tonnes, down 21.4 percent, and Morocco 276,207 tonnes, down 60.7 percent. One country left with 42,490 tonnes; the comparison drops Cuba's 2019 value while no country entered at the 2023 endpoint. Senegal's 202.38 grams a day stood far above Tajikistan's 144.18 in second and the Dominican Republic's 140.78 in third. Albania and Turkmenistan followed near 140 grams. Algeria sat at 136.28 grams. China, first by volume, ranked seventh per person at 103.09 grams. China ranked first by total supply, while Senegal ranked first on a per-person basis. Watermelons for human consumption are counted in tonnes and daily grams per person for each reporting country across 2019-2023. Annual totals sum reporting countries only. One country's harvest dwarfs every rival, so its steady growth sets the headline. Iran fell from 1,456,670 tonnes in 2019 to 203,774 in 2022, then rebounded to 1,025,989 tonnes in 2023. FAO Supply Utilization Accounts label tonnage for human consumption as element 5141 and daily grams per person as element 665, shown for watermelons over 2019-2023. Percentages use the earlier year as the base, and no percentage is calculated when that base is zero. The dataset contains 172 reporting countries after aggregates are excluded, 171 with 2023 values. Only countries with values at both endpoints enter comparisons. The 2023 listed total of 84,509,151 tonnes is the sum of every country with a 2023 value. Reported zero is kept apart from blank, and under-1,000 values keep two decimals.
Watermelons Consumption
Iran Records the Largest One-Year Increase
Watermelon Supply Changes from 2019 to 2023
Senegal Leads Watermelon Supply per Person
What the Watermelons Data Covers
Watermelons Consumption by Country
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51.22M
98.58
50.91M
97.81
50.71M
97.39
52.87M
101.64
53.53M
103.09
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2.25M
4.44
2.89M
5.65
2.96M
5.73
3.01M
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2.02M
127.95
2.1M
130.34
1.9M
116.37
1.9M
114.49
2.3M
136.28
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2.02M
16.38
1.75M
14.15
1.75M
14.12
1.87M
15
1.9M
15.16
5
522.04K
6.2
1.78M
20.75
2.12M
24.28
1.41M
15.89
1.37M
15.21
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1.74M
55.71
1.54M
49
1.53M
48.46
1.47M
46.36
1.36M
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1.06M
177.78
1.51M
246.59
1.46M
232.38
1.35M
209.56
1.34M
202.38
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1.73M
22.86
1.64M
21.54
1.6M
20.86
1.44M
18.77
1.31M
17.02
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1.13M
31.93
1.17M
32.62
884.88K
24.5
1.07M
29.33
1.12M
30.62
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1.46M
45.84
1.04M
32.38
780.57K
24.18
203.77K
6.24
1.03M
31.02
11
1.27M
32.37
991.71K
24.85
836.9K
20.66
890.88K
21.67
885.94K
21.19
12
825.48K
15.43
703.39K
13.17
879.57K
16.52
813.2K
15.3
837.37K
15.77
13
717.38K
51.92
827.61K
58.04
795.54K
54.49
757.4K
51.14
810.48K
53.56
14
614.7K
87.67
604.63K
85.03
631.95K
87.69
645.58K
88.28
684.28K
92.22
15
518.08K
43.06
496.89K
40.53
482.38K
38.59
559.49K
43.87
600.46K
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16
685.27K
53.14
805.3K
61.08
747.51K
55.44
831.3K
60.25
586.56K
41.57
17
389.17K
97.87
391.38K
97.41
403.21K
99.31
585.63K
142.86
582.26K
140.78
18
633.59K
56.96
503.48K
44.51
605.54K
52.96
559.4K
47.63
568.69K
46.84
19
466.76K
10.17
529.1K
11.43
320.93K
6.89
384.3K
8.19
563.28K
11.89
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450K
129.37
500K
140.51
499.29K
137.24
523.27K
140.8
546.77K
144.18
21
305.71K
16.36
349.65K
18.35
320.64K
16.51
309.46K
15.63
448.84K
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22
435.85K
23.07
427.13K
22.57
447.92K
23.67
446.23K
23.61
426.67K
22.59
23
479.15K
4.82
553.67K
5.52
409.53K
4.05
363.4K
3.57
403.34K
3.93
24
405.07K
13.28
435.99K
14.28
365.79K
11.97
343.98K
11.21
381.88K
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168.06K
67.67
167.8K
66.15
332.76K
128.55
362.06K
137.19
376.41K
140.03
26
198.86K
11.49
301.59K
17.33
352.7K
20.24
418.24K
23.96
367.6K
21.02
27
358.56K
82.72
331.33K
75.81
386.91K
87.98
322.11K
72.82
340.37K
76.43
28
280.29K
75.95
286.41K
77.07
283.24K
75.82
291.49K
77.57
273.29K
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29
228.4K
10.41
176.49K
8.07
200K
9.17
230K
10.57
272.23K
12.53
30
236.07K
17.12
241.41K
17.33
265.61K
18.92
226.72K
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252.89K
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31
219.24K
86.41
214.08K
83.25
209.22K
80.34
236.95K
89.87
213.79K
80.17
32
226.68K
12.44
206.4K
11.17
211.63K
11.33
199.69K
10.57
198.24K
10.38
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454.96K
34.42
378.75K
28.36
502.19K
37.23
255.47K
18.75
178.75K
12.99
34
189.33K
25.48
286.5K
37.29
361.76K
45.82
297.83K
36.33
174.66K
20.28
35
151.85K
16.33
160.5K
17.08
164.55K
17.37
164.14K
17.16
162.61K
16.84
36
163.12K
6.8
165.44K
6.88
165.98K
6.88
164.05K
6.78
161.66K
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37
129.84K
9.31
142.52K
10.23
165.84K
11.94
147.69K
10.54
159.98K
11.31
38
156.73K
61.64
147.39K
58.46
153.62K
61.57
175.32K
70.73
156.89K
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138.25K
5.64
139.84K
5.69
128.08K
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153.45K
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155.02K
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1.24
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150.6K
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73.42K
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106.68K
12.32
190.51K
21.3
174.08K
18.84
149.87K
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42
124.01K
9.68
121.28K
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174.04K
12.84
174.35K
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149.53K
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43
145.11K
5.56
144.86K
5.54
144.27K
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149.52K
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149.45K
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146.52K
61.82
152.19K
62.57
123.26K
49.51
132.37K
52.14
147.03K
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45
138.13K
131.17
127.03K
121.18
140.66K
135.23
126.02K
122.1
143.85K
140.17
46
389.8K
54.76
237.39K
33.54
271.52K
38.65
135.6K
19.38
140.59K
20.15
47
154.42K
14.62
131.42K
12.66
125.73K
12.2
137.36K
13.34
125.99K
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48
72.37K
18.5
106.51K
27.27
139.82K
36.21
126.8K
33.36
118.97K
31.82
49
85.34K
7.21
75.23K
6.28
91.8K
7.59
79.56K
6.51
118.32K
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50
149.65K
17.32
138.12K
15.99
127.61K
14.84
115.77K
13.54
117.66K
13.82
51
119.39K
7.27
123.88K
7.51
121.75K
7.36
120.61K
7.28
116.47K
7.01
52
131.46K
3.25
136.03K
3.33
124.47K
3.02
123.35K
2.97
114.29K
2.73
53
199.04K
12.13
169K
10.36
180.39K
11.16
111.11K
7.42
108.8K
7.9
54
97.66K
30.9
102.62K
31.95
127.58K
39.09
96.56K
29.06
105.46K
31.21
55
104.21K
43.82
107.28K
44.51
105.83K
43.38
104.55K
42.37
102.9K
41.19
56
101.1K
95.38
103.1K
97.71
108K
103.09
104.5K
99.38
102.2K
95.13
57
33.03K
1.53
33.99K
1.53
33.48K
1.46
85.57K
3.62
94.17K
3.87
58
145.46K
40.79
130.83K
36.76
112.4K
31.72
87.48K
24.75
92.99K
26.3
59
96.32K
37.83
97.78K
38.63
120.24K
47.9
88.64K
35.58
89.79K
36.2
60
66.36K
7.13
88.14K
9.21
87.2K
8.88
90.16K
8.94
87.37K
8.44
61
88.15K
38.81
91.96K
40.41
68.26K
29.89
75.8K
33.07
81.66K
35.46
62
54.92K
32.77
31.27K
18.94
80.16K
48.8
50.85K
29.45
81.66K
44.31
63
78.36K
6.42
83.03K
6.71
77.87K
6.22
89.67K
7.08
75.91K
5.92
64
70.18K
18.22
67.72K
17.59
70.77K
18.41
56.94K
14.62
71.02K
18
65
55.66K
21.07
71.06K
26.5
380.72
0.14
40.65K
14.73
69.92K
24.99
66
74.74K
11.81
78.96K
12.33
72.86K
11.29
72.95K
11.21
69.11K
10.53
67
64.75K
16.62
64.36K
16.23
113.28K
28.04
97.05K
23.62
68.51K
16.41
68
74.88K
21.87
113.13K
32.8
143.88K
40.27
80.8K
21.61
68.44K
17.62
69
57.21K
15.15
59.34K
15.68
59.96K
15.81
63.81K
16.78
60.86K
15.98
70
63.87K
9.12
57.89K
8.19
57.17K
8.05
59.28K
8.31
60.4K
8.42
71
66.37K
3.05
52.61K
2.38
72.8K
3.24
56.12K
2.46
56.21K
2.44
72
54.59K
12.81
55.16K
12.79
55.95K
12.84
55.09K
12.5
55.87K
12.5
73
59.73K
28.24
56.62K
27.2
54K
25.87
57.49K
27.42
54.9K
26.05
74
47.78K
68.97
45.78K
67
58.58K
86.7
53.72K
79.98
53.04K
79.33
75
39.88K
20.05
59.09K
29.68
51.92K
26.13
42.8K
21.42
52.11K
25.87
76
31.07K
9.58
35.74K
10.98
38.26K
11.69
34.97K
10.57
43.17K
12.95
77
39.48K
38.66
39.97K
39.06
35.47K
34.52
38.26K
36.24
39.97K
36.76
78
35.42K
9.44
58.01K
15.35
45.86K
12.06
38.57K
10.08
38.46K
9.99
79
30.49K
9.74
35.49K
11.25
33.16K
10.43
34.6K
10.78
35.11K
10.84
80
60.58K
37.36
45.33K
28.23
46.62K
29.29
36.22K
21.62
34.08K
19.3
81
35.37K
28.96
35.6K
29.56
43.21K
36.49
22.9K
19.58
33.79K
29.07
82
21.79K
5.2
29.79K
7.07
25.56K
6.05
26.01K
6.12
33.37K
7.81
83
18.29K
62.04
28.84K
97.86
30.85K
103.66
32.99K
109.99
27.79K
92.15
84
27.07K
12.76
27.24K
12.8
27.85K
13.03
24.1K
11.19
26.21K
12.07
85
38.07K
39.92
37.45K
39.93
37.49K
40.7
24.71K
26.65
25.65K
27.38
86
20.88K
38.5
26.61K
49.16
25.04K
45.67
25.76K
46.03
25.6K
44.68
87
20.81K
10.66
24.76K
12.61
25.8K
13.07
23.7K
11.9
25.17K
12.5
88
19.76K
1.9
10.55K
1
17.16K
1.59
24.49K
2.26
21.44K
1.98
89
19.81K
13.62
14.66K
10.16
21.84K
15.25
19.2K
13.46
21.19K
14.9
90
23.2K
22.74
22.05K
21.61
26.42K
25.9
17.22K
16.75
18.87K
18.12
91
14.67K
14.23
14.81K
14.34
14.75K
14.24
16.62K
16.03
17.04K
16.44
92
32.61K
23.53
26.24K
18.94
26.88K
19.44
25.92K
18.72
16.56K
11.91
93
19.29K
9.57
18.56K
9.2
21.61K
10.68
15.62K
7.68
15.11K
7.39
94
16.6K
19.5
11.19K
12.95
12.27K
14
21.73K
24.4
14.68K
16.22
95
15.58K
69.8
14.55K
65.56
12.98K
58.89
15.96K
71.14
14.39K
62.22
96
22K
12.06
0
0
762.29
0.41
4.44K
2.39
13.34K
7.16
97
15.27K
21.85
15.9K
22.91
18.44K
26.79
11.24K
16.37
12.11K
17.63
98
13.36K
27.58
13.11K
27.01
15.02K
30.89
12.53K
25.43
11.88K
23.82
99
1.12K
0.31
11.3K
3.06
9.84K
2.62
2.8K
0.73
11.57K
2.98
100
10.72K
8.64
10.69K
8.62
10.83K
8.73
10.78K
8.71
10.6K
8.57
101
11K
23.43
11.71K
24.63
12.66K
26.33
10.17K
20.94
10.39K
21.16
102
5.02K
28.17
3.36K
18.31
6.17K
32.77
7.44K
38.87
9.53K
49.65
103
3.17K
1.76
5.37K
2.95
6.33K
3.45
6.02K
3.23
8.42K
4.44
104
8.6K
11.31
8.88K
11.57
8.78K
11.39
8.54K
11.06
7.77K
10.04
105
4.93K
14.76
5.91K
17.69
5.16K
15.43
5.65K
16.83
7.42K
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106
486
0.06
2.6K
0.33
3.28K
0.41
4.53K
0.55
5.27K
0.63
107
7.94K
32.4
4.96K
19.9
4.52K
17.82
4.56K
17.75
5.04K
19.35
108
4.5K
2.47
2.45K
1.33
3.34K
1.79
2.84K
1.51
3.88K
2.06
109
3.43K
18.66
3.27K
17.27
3.84K
20.05
3.72K
19.3
3.75K
19.29
110
9.83K
8.34
4.36K
3.63
6.19K
5.07
6.03K
4.88
2.85K
2.28
111
50.03K
7.82
48.64K
7.56
48.91K
7.56
31.72K
4.85
2.85K
0.43
112
2.82K
0.41
2.69K
0.38
2.53K
0.35
2.81K
0.37
2.83K
0.37
113
29.47K
8.56
21.74K
6.37
25.01K
7.41
25.44K
7.6
2.81K
0.84
114
3.1K
3.21
2.89K
2.9
3.03K
2.96
2.56K
2.43
2.45K
2.26
115
1.32K
9.35
1.51K
10.57
1.73K
12.02
1.83K
12.45
2.01K
13.4
116
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67.93
0.24
2.46K
8.67
2.08K
7.28
1.97K
6.86
117
1.86K
8.21
1.72K
7.46
2.11K
9.02
1.68K
7.03
1.77K
7.27
118
1.18K
8.99
1.29K
9.67
1.58K
11.61
1.42K
10.21
1.57K
11.07
119
15.35K
5.62
28.5K
10.42
6.15K
2.25
3.77K
1.38
1.38K
0.51
120
1.9K
8.59
1.59K
7.1
1.06K
4.72
1.07K
4.72
1.28K
5.57
121
448.52
3.11
306.85
2.12
496.1
3.43
974.85
6.72
1.21K
8.32
122
895.07
2.25
1.21K
2.99
2.01K
4.92
1.26K
3.04
1.2K
2.85
123
960.4
9.43
1.45K
14.24
1.43K
14.03
1.43K
13.99
1.16K
11.28
124
1.21K
6.43
1.26K
6.73
1.07K
5.67
1.24K
6.55
1.08K
5.67
125
933.62
3.51
926.57
3.41
961.85
3.46
968.3
3.4
969.59
3.32
126
2.97K
70.26
1.61K
37.84
1.82K
42.83
1.11K
25.98
926.29
21.68
127
487.13
0.32
5.53K
3.53
5.13K
3.24
0
0
753.43
0.46
128
1.82K
3.35
1.17K
2.16
341.23
0.63
325.35
0.6
628.14
1.15
129
770.95
7.45
937.66
9.04
679.29
6.53
427.62
4.08
561.59
5.31
130
160.31
0.02
94.99
0.01
113.86
0.01
52.84
0
491.63
0.04
131
560.39
8.64
409.49
6.29
366.99
5.63
415.72
6.37
466.87
7.13
132
37.65
0
170.64
0.02
57.7
0
325
0.03
441.74
0.04
133
438.59
1.02
412.71
0.95
448.49
1.02
413.94
0.93
433.73
0.97
134
551.93
0.68
628.07
0.77
536.27
0.65
450.21
0.54
431.54
0.51
135
305.9
7.93
112.94
2.93
-
-
382.75
9.98
402.86
10.55
136
186.76
5.6
110.45
3.29
245.61
7.29
324.28
9.57
316.94
9.31
137
364.37
3.55
380.04
3.7
216.8
2.11
279.73
2.71
313.04
3.04
138
242.69
0.52
40.24
0.09
8.83
0.02
151.25
0.32
261.35
0.56
139
6.05
0
0.88
0
13.73
0
1.28
0
201.83
0.03
140
180.22
10.52
139.96
8.18
187.55
10.99
99.23
5.82
116.41
6.82
141
13.78K
2.21
945.26
0.15
0
0
1.36K
0.21
104.57
0.02
142
73.03
4.55
80.05
5.14
76.56
5.07
85.48
5.84
103.29
7.29
143
14.52
0.03
9.11
0.02
37.27
0.08
25.91
0.05
96.98
0.19
144
16.32
0
4.91
0
1.72
0
13.49
0
39.47
0
145
0
0
0.6
0
0
0
11.98
0.04
15.43
0.05
146
10.9
2.58
8.91
2.1
12.04
2.82
11.24
2.61
7.48
1.73
147
-
-
-
-
0
0
6.01
0
6.84
0
148
0.19
0.05
0.45
0.12
3.61
0.97
10.63
2.92
6.33
1.77
149
20.42
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6.01
0
150
69.16
0.02
67.53
0.02
60.64
0.02
9.1
0
5.55
0
151
33.09
0.87
0.98
0.03
32.28
0.86
19.42
0.52
3.83
0.1
152
932.61
0.2
522.8
0.11
2.32K
0.48
3.73K
0.75
3.65
0
153
23.93
0
7.65
0
2.04
0
6.58
0
3.48
0
154
1.79
0
0
0
27.64
0
0.7
0
2.96
0
155
3.31
0.04
1.39
0.02
2.65
0.03
0.78
0.01
1.91
0.02
156
37.25
0.49
0.18
0
138.64
1.78
0.13
0
0.39
0
157
-
-
4.13
0.04
2.48
0.02
0.1
0
0.34
0
158
0.45
0
0.1
0
0.22
0
0.33
0
0.28
0
159
59.68
0.03
60.65
0.03
61.82
0.03
0
0
0.21
0
160
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.15
0
0.13
0
161
0.04
0
0.03
0
0
0
6.1
0
0.08
0
162
0.03
0
-
-
-
-
0
0
0.08
0
163
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.3
0
0.01
0
164
0.45
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
165
65.32
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
166
2.73
0
0.02
0
1.19
0
0
0
0
0
167
91.49
0.02
5.24
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
168
1.39
0.03
1.6
0.03
0.96
0.02
0.05
0
0
0
169
1.59K
0.98
6.98K
4.16
7.44K
4.3
1.48K
0.83
0
0
170
2.22K
0.94
497.41
0.21
288.61
0.12
0
0
0
0
171
2.51
0
-
-
0.08
0
16.02
0
0
0
172
42.49K
10.39
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Methodology
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country has the highest watermelon supply per person?
Senegal had the highest watermelon supply per person in 2023, far above Tajikistan at 144.18 grams a day and the Dominican Republic at 140.78 grams.
How dominant is China?
Hugely dominant: China alone held 63.3 percent of the annual listed food supply total, and the top three together reached 69.9 percent of reported supply overall.
How big was Iran's rebound?
Iran added 822,215 tonnes, up 403.5 percent in the latest year, the biggest single latest-year leap among all countries in the file overall, well ahead of China.
Is watermelon food supply the same as actual consumption?
No. The figures measure food available for human consumption, not actual dietary intake. They should therefore not be interpreted as the amount people actually ate.
Which country contributed most to the 2019-2023 increase?
China added 2,307,824 tonnes between 2019 and 2023, up 4.5 percent, accounting for 65.3 percent of the net gain, while India added 1,038,491 tonnes overall.
Data Disclaimer: Projected data (future years) are estimates based on mathematical models. Actual values may differ. Learn about our methodology →
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Updated: 08.10.2026https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/SCL
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