Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Asia
Asia: Cantaloupes and other melons — Production was 21.09 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Asia recorded 21.09 million t for cantaloupes and other melons — production in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — production in Asia peaked at 21.48 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.67 million t, in 1970.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.35 million t | — |
| 1962 | 3.93 million t | -9.6% |
| 1963 | 3.72 million t | -5.4% |
| 1964 | 3.74 million t | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 3.87 million t | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 3.82 million t | -1.1% |
| 1967 | 4.01 million t | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 4.27 million t | +6.4% |
| 1969 | 4.22 million t | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 3.67 million t | -13.0% |
| 1971 | 4.02 million t | +9.5% |
| 1972 | 3.96 million t | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 3.74 million t | -5.5% |
| 1974 | 4.06 million t | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 4.41 million t | +8.6% |
| 1976 | 4.65 million t | +5.4% |
| 1977 | 4.72 million t | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 5.09 million t | +7.9% |
| 1979 | 5.37 million t | +5.5% |
| 1980 | 5.15 million t | -4.2% |
| 1981 | 5.83 million t | +13.3% |
| 1982 | 6.24 million t | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 6.36 million t | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 6.95 million t | +9.3% |
| 1985 | 8.80 million t | +26.5% |
| 1986 | 8.94 million t | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 8.97 million t | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 9.47 million t | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 7.98 million t | -15.8% |
| 1990 | 8.42 million t | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 8.43 million t | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 9.34 million t | +10.9% |
| 1993 | 10.24 million t | +9.6% |
| 1994 | 10.24 million t | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 10.65 million t | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 11.47 million t | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 10.45 million t | -8.9% |
| 1998 | 11.34 million t | +8.6% |
| 1999 | 11.97 million t | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 13.27 million t | +10.8% |
| 2001 | 13.32 million t | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 14.80 million t | +11.2% |
| 2003 | 14.57 million t | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 14.35 million t | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 15.76 million t | +9.8% |
| 2006 | 16.29 million t | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 16.58 million t | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 17.45 million t | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 17.70 million t | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 17.95 million t | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 17.77 million t | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 17.94 million t | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 18.64 million t | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 18.46 million t | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 18.18 million t | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 19.18 million t | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 19.65 million t | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 20.11 million t | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 20.82 million t | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 20.97 million t | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 21.48 million t | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 21.30 million t | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 20.98 million t | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 21.09 million t | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.99 million t | 3.72 million t | 4.35 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.37 million t | 3.67 million t | 5.37 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.47 million t | 5.15 million t | 9.47 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.26 million t | 8.42 million t | 11.97 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.41 million t | 13.27 million t | 17.70 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.87 million t | 17.77 million t | 20.82 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.16 million t | 20.97 million t | 21.48 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 1 China (People’s Republic of) 13.27 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 13.22 million t compare
- 3 India 1.54 million t compare
- 4 Kazakhstan 1.50 million t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — production in Asia?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — production in Asia was 21.09 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cantaloupes and other melons — production recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 21.48 million t in 2021.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — production recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.67 million t in 1970.
- How does Asia rank for cantaloupes and other melons — production?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 13 regions with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — production rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Asia 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.