Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Cantaloupes and other melons — Production was 147,460 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Western Africa, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cantaloupes and other melons — production in Western Africa is 147,460 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.9% on the previous year and up 99.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — production in Western Africa peaked at 147,460 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,000 t, in 1990.
That places Western Africa 23rd out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,000 t | — |
| 1991 | 1,586 t | +58.6% |
| 1992 | 1,677 t | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 1,660 t | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 1,500 t | -9.6% |
| 1995 | 3,000 t | +100.0% |
| 1996 | 5,220 t | +74.0% |
| 1997 | 4,400 t | -15.7% |
| 1998 | 5,600 t | +27.3% |
| 1999 | 5,000 t | -10.7% |
| 2000 | 4,830 t | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 4,400 t | -8.9% |
| 2002 | 4,684 t | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 5,061 t | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 5,106 t | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 5,217 t | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 5,200 t | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 5,537 t | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 26,459 t | +377.9% |
| 2009 | 17,139 t | -35.2% |
| 2010 | 44,894 t | +161.9% |
| 2011 | 45,746 t | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 42,512 t | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 110,173 t | +159.2% |
| 2014 | 74,070 t | -32.8% |
| 2015 | 58,339 t | -21.2% |
| 2016 | 74,030 t | +26.9% |
| 2017 | 85,823 t | +15.9% |
| 2018 | 86,544 t | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 105,898 t | +22.4% |
| 2020 | 120,404 t | +13.7% |
| 2021 | 109,465 t | -9.1% |
| 2022 | 106,788 t | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 125,114 t | +17.2% |
| 2024 | 147,460 t | +17.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,064 t | 1,000 t | 5,600 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,363 t | 4,400 t | 26,459 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 72,803 t | 42,512 t | 110,173 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 121,846 t | 106,788 t | 147,460 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — production in Western Africa?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — production in Western Africa was 147,460 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cantaloupes and other melons — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 147,460 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 t in 1990.
- How does Western Africa rank for cantaloupes and other melons — production?
- Western Africa ranks 23rd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 99.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Africa 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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About this data
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.