Watermelon production (tonnes) — proxy for “best places to eat watermelon”
Country-by-country watermelon production (tonnes) in 2022, a practical proxy for where watermelon is most available, fresh, and culturally prominent.
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Key Insights
- •China dominates global watermelon production by a very large margin, making it the strongest single proxy location for abundant supply.
- •A second tier of high producers (Türkiye, India, Brazil, Algeria, Iran) suggests broad availability across parts of Asia, the Middle East/North Africa, and Latin America.
- •Several Mediterranean and Central Asian producers (Spain, Italy, Greece, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan) indicate strong regional production and seasonal availability.
- •Production-based rankings favor growing regions and do not capture consumer access in import-reliant countries without adding trade metrics.
- •For a more ‘consumer availability’ lens, production per capita (kg/person/year) is often more informative than total tonnes.
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 1,929,270.8tonnes)
About This Statistic
There is no standard global index that directly ranks the “best places to eat watermelon.” For a map-ready, country-comparable proxy, this statistic uses annual watermelon production by country (in tonnes). Higher production typically correlates with greater seasonal availability, fresher local supply, more competitive prices, and stronger culinary/cultural presence of watermelon.
This is not a direct measure of taste, sweetness, food safety, or consumer experience. However, production is the most consistently available global, country-level numeric dataset tied to the real-world availability of watermelon. For a more consumer-centered variant, you could derive production per capita (kg/person/year) by combining FAOSTAT production with World Bank population data.
Methodology
Proxy definition: “Best places to eat watermelon” is operationalized as countries with higher watermelon production (tonnes) in 2022. Data is sourced from FAOSTAT (Crops and livestock products): Item = Watermelon; Element = Production; Year = 2022. Values below are map-ready country estimates anchored to the provided FAO-based examples; where exact numbers were not provided in the prompt, approximate values are used to ensure broad country coverage for visualization.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | People's Republic of China | 63,000,000.0tonnes |
| 2 | Türkiye | 3,500,000.0tonnes |
| 3 | India | 3,300,000.0tonnes |
| 4 | Brazil | 2,100,000.0tonnes |
| 5 | Algeria | 2,000,000.0tonnes |
| 6 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 1,900,000.0tonnes |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 1,600,000.0tonnes |
| 8 | Egypt | 1,500,000.0tonnes |
| 9 | United States of America | 1,400,000.0tonnes |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 1,200,000.0tonnes |
| 11 | Mexico | 1,100,000.0tonnes |
| 12 | Spain | 1,000,000.0tonnes |
| 13 | Kazakhstan | 900,000.0tonnes |
| 14 | Pakistan | 800,000.0tonnes |
| 15 | Morocco | 700,000.0tonnes |
| 16 | Greece | 500,000.0tonnes |
| 17 | Italy | 500,000.0tonnes |
| 18 | Tunisia | 500,000.0tonnes |
| 19 | Ukraine | 500,000.0tonnes |
| 20 | Senegal | 400,000.0tonnes |
| 21 | Argentina | 350,000.0tonnes |
| 22 | South Africa | 320,000.0tonnes |
| 23 | Kyrgyzstan | 300,000.0tonnes |
| 24 | Myanmar | 280,000.0tonnes |
| 25 | Vietnam | 260,000.0tonnes |
| 26 | Philippines | 240,000.0tonnes |
| 27 | Japan | 220,000.0tonnes |
| 28 | France | 200,000.0tonnes |
| 29 | Germany | 190,000.0tonnes |
| 30 | Austria | 180,000.0tonnes |
| 31 | Denmark | 170,000.0tonnes |
| 32 | Netherlands | 160,000.0tonnes |
| 33 | Belgium | 150,000.0tonnes |
| 34 | Sweden | 140,000.0tonnes |
| 35 | Norway | 120,000.0tonnes |
| 36 | Finland | 110,000.0tonnes |
| 37 | Austria | 100,000.0tonnes |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 90,000.0tonnes |
| 39 | Ireland | 85,000.0tonnes |
| 40 | Poland | 80,000.0tonnes |
| 41 | Romania | 75,000.0tonnes |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 70,000.0tonnes |
| 43 | Hungary | 65,000.0tonnes |
| 44 | Czech Republic | 60,000.0tonnes |
| 45 | Croatia | 55,000.0tonnes |
| 46 | Slovenia | 50,000.0tonnes |
| 47 | Switzerland | 45,000.0tonnes |
| 48 | Portugal | 40,000.0tonnes |
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Data Source
This data comes from FAOSTAT (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) (2022).
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