Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Americas
Americas: Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield was 26,523 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Americas, 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 Americas is 26,523 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Americas peaked at 27,478 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10,474 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Americas 10th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Americas, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,474 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,915 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 11,565 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 10,931 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1965 | 12,440 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1966 | 12,193 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 12,424 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 12,748 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 11,818 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1970 | 12,414 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 12,231 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 12,974 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1973 | 12,475 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 13,075 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1975 | 12,768 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 12,691 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 13,520 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 13,651 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 13,092 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1980 | 12,840 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 14,051 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1982 | 13,728 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 13,613 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 13,232 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 13,742 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 14,121 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 14,063 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 13,458 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 13,811 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 13,303 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 12,929 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 13,597 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 14,366 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 15,243 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1995 | 15,270 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 16,594 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1997 | 16,912 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 17,956 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 18,355 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 18,827 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 20,197 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 21,682 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2003 | 21,508 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 21,005 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 20,475 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 20,926 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 22,104 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 20,816 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 22,713 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 22,127 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 22,957 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 22,842 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 23,023 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 23,123 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 23,118 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 23,999 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 23,595 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 24,304 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 23,229 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 25,781 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2021 | 25,672 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 26,598 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 27,478 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 26,523 kg/ha | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,723 kg/ha | 10,474 kg/ha | 12,748 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,889 kg/ha | 12,231 kg/ha | 13,651 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,666 kg/ha | 12,840 kg/ha | 14,121 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,452 kg/ha | 12,929 kg/ha | 18,355 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,025 kg/ha | 18,827 kg/ha | 22,713 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,232 kg/ha | 22,127 kg/ha | 24,304 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,410 kg/ha | 25,672 kg/ha | 27,478 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 7 Palestine 43,256 kg/ha compare
- 8 Jordan 39,264 kg/ha compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 10,965 kg/ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 10,726 kg/ha compare
- 9 Kuwait 37,761 kg/ha compare
- 10 Spain 35,086 kg/ha compare
- 11 China, mainland 35,045 kg/ha compare
- 12 China 34,842 kg/ha compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 4,322 kg/ha compare
- 13 Albania 34,758 kg/ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 2,996 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Americas?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Americas was 26,523 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 Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 27,478 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — yield recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,474 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for cantaloupes and other melons — yield?
- Americas ranks 10th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — yield rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas 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.