Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Africa
Africa: Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield was 20,639 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Africa is 20,639 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 9.7% on the previous year and down 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Africa peaked at 23,920 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 14,273 kg/ha, in 1992.
Africa ranks 17th of 27 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,387 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,656 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1963 | 20,824 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1964 | 18,306 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1965 | 18,152 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1966 | 17,753 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 17,641 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 18,080 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 16,789 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1970 | 16,460 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 18,031 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1972 | 17,405 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 17,476 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 17,005 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 17,401 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 15,540 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1977 | 14,617 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1978 | 14,981 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 15,693 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 14,924 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1981 | 15,189 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 15,826 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 16,298 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 15,388 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1985 | 17,327 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1986 | 15,723 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1987 | 16,150 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 16,312 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 16,780 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 16,948 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 16,135 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1992 | 14,273 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1993 | 16,006 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1994 | 16,581 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 16,506 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 19,473 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1997 | 18,108 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1998 | 17,652 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 19,632 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2000 | 18,849 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 19,621 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 19,242 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 18,510 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 20,659 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2005 | 19,380 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 19,746 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 23,380 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2008 | 22,358 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 23,920 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2010 | 21,435 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2011 | 21,873 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 22,792 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 20,063 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2014 | 22,980 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2015 | 22,460 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 21,117 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 20,948 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 20,796 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 17,846 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2020 | 20,206 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2021 | 21,153 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 22,704 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2023 | 22,867 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 20,639 kg/ha | -9.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,287 kg/ha | 16,789 kg/ha | 20,824 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,461 kg/ha | 14,617 kg/ha | 18,031 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,992 kg/ha | 14,924 kg/ha | 17,327 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,131 kg/ha | 14,273 kg/ha | 19,632 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,566 kg/ha | 18,510 kg/ha | 23,920 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,231 kg/ha | 17,846 kg/ha | 22,980 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,514 kg/ha | 20,206 kg/ha | 22,867 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Africa?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Africa was 20,639 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cantaloupes and other melons — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 23,920 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,273 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Africa rank for cantaloupes and other melons — yield?
- Africa ranks 17th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield. 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.