Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in World
World: Cantaloupes and other melons — Production was 28.25 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cantaloupes and other melons — production in World is 28.25 million t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — production in World peaked at 28.63 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6.54 million t, in 1970.
World ranks 1st of 27 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in World, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6.99 million t | — |
| 1962 | 6.68 million t | -4.5% |
| 1963 | 6.75 million t | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 6.67 million t | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 6.79 million t | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 6.71 million t | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 6.99 million t | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 7.30 million t | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 7.10 million t | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 6.54 million t | -7.9% |
| 1971 | 6.98 million t | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 7.09 million t | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 6.82 million t | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 6.95 million t | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 7.58 million t | +9.0% |
| 1976 | 7.82 million t | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 7.79 million t | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 8.48 million t | +8.9% |
| 1979 | 8.97 million t | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 8.80 million t | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 9.56 million t | +8.5% |
| 1982 | 10.36 million t | +8.4% |
| 1983 | 10.31 million t | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 11.14 million t | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 13.62 million t | +22.3% |
| 1986 | 14.02 million t | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 14.03 million t | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 14.53 million t | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 13.16 million t | -9.4% |
| 1990 | 13.66 million t | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 14.10 million t | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 14.82 million t | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 15.56 million t | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 15.95 million t | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 16.25 million t | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 17.34 million t | +6.8% |
| 1997 | 16.28 million t | -6.1% |
| 1998 | 17.40 million t | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 18.77 million t | +7.9% |
| 2000 | 19.85 million t | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 20.11 million t | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 21.86 million t | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 21.73 million t | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 21.80 million t | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 23.33 million t | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 24.16 million t | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 24.79 million t | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 25.36 million t | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 25.95 million t | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 26.09 million t | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 25.99 million t | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 25.90 million t | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 26.73 million t | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 26.33 million t | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 25.89 million t | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 26.92 million t | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 26.94 million t | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 27.35 million t | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 27.28 million t | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 27.58 million t | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 28.46 million t | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 28.63 million t | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 28.30 million t | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 28.25 million t | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.89 million t | 6.67 million t | 7.30 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.50 million t | 6.54 million t | 8.97 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.95 million t | 8.80 million t | 14.53 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.01 million t | 13.66 million t | 18.77 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.89 million t | 19.85 million t | 25.95 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.54 million t | 25.89 million t | 27.35 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.25 million t | 27.58 million t | 28.63 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 China 13.27 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 13.22 million t compare
- 2 Türkiye 1.48 million t compare
- 3 India 1.54 million t compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 569,758 t compare
- 4 Kazakhstan 1.50 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — production in World?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — production in World was 28.25 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 28.63 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — production recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.54 million t in 1970.
- How does World rank for cantaloupes and other melons — production?
- World ranks 1st out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — production rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.