Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Cantaloupes and other melons — Production was 701,220 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — production in Afghanistan stood at 701,220 t.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 155.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — production in Afghanistan peaked at 796,827 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 15,700 t, in 1961.
That places Afghanistan 8th out of 106 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,700 t | — |
| 1962 | 15,700 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 16,600 t | +5.7% |
| 1964 | 17,500 t | +5.4% |
| 1965 | 18,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 18,500 t | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 20,000 t | +8.1% |
| 1968 | 20,500 t | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 21,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 19,600 t | -6.7% |
| 1971 | 22,700 t | +15.8% |
| 1972 | 20,600 t | -9.3% |
| 1973 | 21,300 t | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 21,900 t | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 22,600 t | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 28,800 t | +27.4% |
| 1977 | 20,700 t | -28.1% |
| 1978 | 24,000 t | +15.9% |
| 1979 | 24,400 t | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 24,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 24,700 t | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 25,100 t | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 24,700 t | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 23,900 t | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 23,000 t | -3.8% |
| 1986 | 21,300 t | -7.4% |
| 1987 | 21,000 t | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 20,900 t | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 19,500 t | -6.7% |
| 1990 | 22,400 t | +14.9% |
| 1991 | 22,300 t | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 22,400 t | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 22,000 t | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 28,955 t | +31.6% |
| 1995 | 31,575 t | +9.0% |
| 1996 | 34,285 t | +8.6% |
| 1997 | 37,029 t | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 38,232 t | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 41,761 t | +9.2% |
| 2000 | 22,500 t | -46.1% |
| 2001 | 30,000 t | +33.3% |
| 2002 | 50,000 t | +66.7% |
| 2003 | 90,000 t | +80.0% |
| 2004 | 50,000 t | -44.4% |
| 2005 | 100,000 t | +100.0% |
| 2006 | 300,000 t | +200.0% |
| 2007 | 300,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 300,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 424,800 t | +41.6% |
| 2010 | 350,000 t | -17.6% |
| 2011 | 250,000 t | -28.6% |
| 2012 | 222,012 t | -11.2% |
| 2013 | 180,070 t | -18.9% |
| 2014 | 274,250 t | +52.3% |
| 2015 | 302,067 t | +10.1% |
| 2016 | 506,266 t | +67.6% |
| 2017 | 493,088 t | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 389,473 t | -21.0% |
| 2019 | 464,230 t | +19.2% |
| 2020 | 793,496 t | +70.9% |
| 2021 | 796,827 t | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 758,068 t | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 702,765 t | -7.3% |
| 2024 | 701,220 t | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,167 t | 15,700 t | 21,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,660 t | 19,600 t | 28,800 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,850 t | 19,500 t | 25,100 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,094 t | 22,000 t | 41,761 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 166,730 t | 22,500 t | 424,800 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 343,146 t | 180,070 t | 506,266 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 750,475 t | 701,220 t | 796,827 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — production in Afghanistan?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — production in Afghanistan was 701,220 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cantaloupes and other melons — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 796,827 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,700 t in 1961.
- How does Afghanistan rank for cantaloupes and other melons — production?
- Afghanistan ranks 8th out of 106 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — production rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 155.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cantaloupes and other melons — Production. 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.