Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in China
China: Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield was 34,842 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in China, 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 China is 34,842 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — yield in China peaked at 35,068 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 10,727 kg/ha, in 1961.
China ranks 12th of 105 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,383 kg/ha | 10,727 kg/ha | 14,169 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,526 kg/ha | 14,183 kg/ha | 15,007 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,442 kg/ha | 14,756 kg/ha | 16,087 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,740 kg/ha | 16,912 kg/ha | 26,725 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,091 kg/ha | 22,279 kg/ha | 31,363 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,960 kg/ha | 30,370 kg/ha | 35,068 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,812 kg/ha | 34,715 kg/ha | 34,864 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 33.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 473.41 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — yield in China?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — yield in China was 34,842 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 35,068 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,727 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for cantaloupes and other melons — yield?
- China ranks 12th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.