Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Europe
Europe: Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield was 24,452 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Europe stood at 24,452 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Europe peaked at 24,452 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11,242 kg/ha, in 1968.
Europe ranks 12th 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 Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,407 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,976 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1963 | 12,964 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1964 | 12,494 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 12,217 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 12,176 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 12,582 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 11,242 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1969 | 11,765 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 11,473 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 11,909 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 12,592 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1973 | 12,945 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 12,966 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 13,711 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 13,149 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1977 | 12,574 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1978 | 12,315 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1979 | 12,847 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 13,328 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 12,650 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1982 | 14,059 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1983 | 13,116 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1984 | 14,077 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1985 | 15,726 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1986 | 15,694 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 15,402 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 14,935 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 13,873 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1990 | 14,956 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1991 | 16,161 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1992 | 15,350 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 15,935 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 17,000 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 16,781 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 18,787 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1997 | 18,109 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1998 | 18,385 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 19,947 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2000 | 19,491 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 19,028 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 20,028 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 19,703 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 20,798 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 20,539 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 20,276 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 20,987 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 20,964 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 21,108 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 20,959 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 20,328 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 21,377 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 21,342 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 20,826 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 21,022 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 20,903 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 20,946 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 21,404 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 20,893 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 21,584 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 22,042 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 22,724 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 23,946 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2024 | 24,452 kg/ha | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,203 kg/ha | 11,242 kg/ha | 12,964 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,648 kg/ha | 11,473 kg/ha | 13,711 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,286 kg/ha | 12,650 kg/ha | 15,726 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,141 kg/ha | 14,956 kg/ha | 19,947 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,292 kg/ha | 19,028 kg/ha | 21,108 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,000 kg/ha | 20,328 kg/ha | 21,404 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,950 kg/ha | 21,584 kg/ha | 24,452 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 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
- 14 Cyprus 34,733 kg/ha compare
- 15 Morocco 34,140 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Europe?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Europe was 24,452 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 24,452 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,242 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Europe rank for cantaloupes and other melons — yield?
- Europe ranks 12th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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.