Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Pakistan
Pakistan: Cantaloupes and other melons — Production was 411,278 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — production in Pakistan stood at 411,278 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 69.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — production in Pakistan peaked at 411,278 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 71,000 t, in 1965.
That places Pakistan 12th out of 106 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 74,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 80,000 t | +8.1% |
| 1963 | 73,000 t | -8.8% |
| 1964 | 76,000 t | +4.1% |
| 1965 | 71,000 t | -6.6% |
| 1966 | 84,000 t | +18.3% |
| 1967 | 96,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1968 | 159,000 t | +65.6% |
| 1969 | 131,000 t | -17.6% |
| 1970 | 125,000 t | -4.6% |
| 1971 | 140,000 t | +12.0% |
| 1972 | 156,000 t | +11.4% |
| 1973 | 166,000 t | +6.4% |
| 1974 | 171,000 t | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 170,000 t | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 152,000 t | -10.6% |
| 1977 | 133,000 t | -12.5% |
| 1978 | 146,000 t | +9.8% |
| 1979 | 158,000 t | +8.2% |
| 1980 | 118,845 t | -24.8% |
| 1981 | 207,589 t | +74.7% |
| 1982 | 206,473 t | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 212,965 t | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 255,357 t | +19.9% |
| 1985 | 203,194 t | -20.4% |
| 1986 | 179,742 t | -11.5% |
| 1987 | 270,688 t | +50.6% |
| 1988 | 252,420 t | -6.7% |
| 1989 | 248,039 t | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 280,190 t | +13.0% |
| 1991 | 266,649 t | -4.8% |
| 1992 | 282,662 t | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 302,225 t | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 293,081 t | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 300,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 293,800 t | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 301,102 t | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 332,268 t | +10.4% |
| 1999 | 327,346 t | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 282,919 t | -13.6% |
| 2001 | 233,568 t | -17.4% |
| 2002 | 265,227 t | +13.6% |
| 2003 | 251,813 t | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 257,625 t | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 235,403 t | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 255,703 t | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 241,234 t | -5.7% |
| 2008 | 274,664 t | +13.9% |
| 2009 | 278,091 t | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 284,130 t | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 268,662 t | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 238,918 t | -11.1% |
| 2013 | 233,528 t | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 242,252 t | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 252,761 t | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 291,784 t | +15.4% |
| 2017 | 299,813 t | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 335,348 t | +11.9% |
| 2019 | 355,297 t | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 388,253 t | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 359,574 t | -7.4% |
| 2022 | 391,502 t | +8.9% |
| 2023 | 400,418 t | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 411,278 t | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 93,778 t | 71,000 t | 159,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 151,700 t | 125,000 t | 171,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 215,531 t | 118,845 t | 270,688 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 297,932 t | 266,649 t | 332,268 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 257,625 t | 233,568 t | 282,919 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 280,249 t | 233,528 t | 355,297 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 390,205 t | 359,574 t | 411,278 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 23.02 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.02 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — production in Pakistan?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — production in Pakistan was 411,278 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cantaloupes and other melons — production recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 411,278 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — production recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 71,000 t in 1965.
- How does Pakistan rank for cantaloupes and other melons — production?
- Pakistan ranks 12th out of 106 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — production rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.