Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Cantaloupes and other melons — Production was 1.41 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 1.41 million t.
That represents a change of down 12.5% on the previous year and up 80.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 1.63 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 126,686 t, in 1974.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 127,600 t | — |
| 1962 | 127,710 t | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 129,320 t | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 130,050 t | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 130,864 t | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 131,680 t | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 132,910 t | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 143,550 t | +8.0% |
| 1969 | 144,621 t | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 142,079 t | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 143,246 t | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 133,260 t | -7.0% |
| 1973 | 131,046 t | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 126,686 t | -3.3% |
| 1975 | 144,300 t | +13.9% |
| 1976 | 156,892 t | +8.7% |
| 1977 | 145,428 t | -7.3% |
| 1978 | 156,054 t | +7.3% |
| 1979 | 189,075 t | +21.2% |
| 1980 | 198,731 t | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 178,586 t | -10.1% |
| 1982 | 182,911 t | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 198,996 t | +8.8% |
| 1984 | 204,170 t | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 210,005 t | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 218,051 t | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 217,646 t | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 212,561 t | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 221,306 t | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 203,629 t | -8.0% |
| 1991 | 199,883 t | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 196,814 t | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 181,475 t | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 192,998 t | +6.3% |
| 1995 | 196,513 t | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 201,008 t | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 203,291 t | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 207,795 t | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 212,712 t | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 175,386 t | -17.5% |
| 2001 | 189,164 t | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 228,742 t | +20.9% |
| 2003 | 285,201 t | +24.7% |
| 2004 | 239,428 t | -16.0% |
| 2005 | 296,378 t | +23.8% |
| 2006 | 502,685 t | +69.6% |
| 2007 | 508,493 t | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 632,971 t | +24.5% |
| 2009 | 747,572 t | +18.1% |
| 2010 | 718,898 t | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 613,149 t | -14.7% |
| 2012 | 671,721 t | +9.6% |
| 2013 | 665,813 t | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 781,504 t | +17.4% |
| 2015 | 780,535 t | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 969,211 t | +24.2% |
| 2017 | 975,423 t | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 891,497 t | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 953,459 t | +7.0% |
| 2020 | 1.37 million t | +43.4% |
| 2021 | 1.47 million t | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 1.63 million t | +11.0% |
| 2023 | 1.61 million t | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 1.41 million t | -12.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 133,145 t | 127,600 t | 144,621 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 146,807 t | 126,686 t | 189,075 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 204,296 t | 178,586 t | 221,306 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 199,612 t | 181,475 t | 212,712 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 380,602 t | 175,386 t | 747,572 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 802,121 t | 613,149 t | 975,423 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.50 million t | 1.37 million t | 1.63 million t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 1.41 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.63 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 126,686 t in 1974.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for cantaloupes and other melons — production?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 3rd out of 13 regions with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — production rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.