Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Lebanon
Lebanon: Cantaloupes and other melons — Production was 20,520 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 20,520 t for cantaloupes and other melons — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and up 93.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — production in Lebanon peaked at 61,000 t in 1997 and was at its lowest, 896 t, in 1968.
Lebanon ranks 55th of 106 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 2,200 t | +46.7% |
| 1963 | 2,700 t | +22.7% |
| 1964 | 3,200 t | +18.5% |
| 1965 | 3,500 t | +9.4% |
| 1966 | 2,925 t | -16.4% |
| 1967 | 1,869 t | -36.1% |
| 1968 | 896 t | -52.1% |
| 1969 | 1,419 t | +58.4% |
| 1970 | 1,406 t | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 1,155 t | -17.9% |
| 1972 | 1,246 t | +7.9% |
| 1973 | 1,147 t | -7.9% |
| 1974 | 6,538 t | +470.0% |
| 1975 | 7,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 8,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1977 | 9,000 t | +12.5% |
| 1978 | 10,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 11,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1980 | 12,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 13,000 t | +8.3% |
| 1982 | 13,500 t | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 14,500 t | +7.4% |
| 1984 | 13,000 t | -10.3% |
| 1985 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 13,700 t | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 13,000 t | -5.1% |
| 1988 | 14,300 t | +10.0% |
| 1989 | 16,500 t | +15.4% |
| 1990 | 20,000 t | +21.2% |
| 1991 | 24,347 t | +21.7% |
| 1992 | 25,511 t | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 26,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 28,000 t | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 30,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 32,028 t | +6.8% |
| 1997 | 61,000 t | +90.5% |
| 1998 | 40,400 t | -33.8% |
| 1999 | 43,100 t | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 21,600 t | -49.9% |
| 2001 | 14,900 t | -31.0% |
| 2002 | 32,200 t | +116.1% |
| 2003 | 8,300 t | -74.2% |
| 2004 | 9,200 t | +10.8% |
| 2005 | 6,000 t | -34.8% |
| 2006 | 8,100 t | +35.0% |
| 2007 | 8,500 t | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 8,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 14,000 t | +64.7% |
| 2010 | 21,946 t | +56.8% |
| 2011 | 19,481 t | -11.2% |
| 2012 | 15,914 t | -18.3% |
| 2013 | 14,889 t | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 10,600 t | -28.8% |
| 2015 | 14,920 t | +40.8% |
| 2016 | 19,703 t | +32.1% |
| 2017 | 24,947 t | +26.6% |
| 2018 | 21,270 t | -14.7% |
| 2019 | 18,639 t | -12.4% |
| 2020 | 21,619 t | +16.0% |
| 2021 | 20,509 t | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 20,256 t | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 20,794 t | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 20,520 t | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,245 t | 896 t | 3,500 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,649 t | 1,147 t | 11,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,650 t | 12,000 t | 16,500 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,039 t | 20,000 t | 61,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,130 t | 6,000 t | 32,200 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,231 t | 10,600 t | 24,947 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,739 t | 20,256 t | 21,619 t | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0105 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 46.75 current US$ per person (2024)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0904 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.05 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.05 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — production in Lebanon?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — production in Lebanon was 20,520 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cantaloupes and other melons — production recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 61,000 t in 1997.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — production recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 896 t in 1968.
- How does Lebanon rank for cantaloupes and other melons — production?
- Lebanon ranks 55th out of 106 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — production rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 93.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lebanon 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.