Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield was 15,640 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 15,640 kg/ha for cantaloupes and other melons — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.8% on the previous year and up 51.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Iraq peaked at 16,261 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6,658 kg/ha, in 1975.
That places Iraq 65th out of 105 countries 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,988 kg/ha | 7,571 kg/ha | 10,826 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,482 kg/ha | 6,658 kg/ha | 9,858 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,435 kg/ha | 8,305 kg/ha | 11,189 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,371 kg/ha | 10,043 kg/ha | 10,903 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,647 kg/ha | 8,665 kg/ha | 10,275 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,181 kg/ha | 9,946 kg/ha | 14,231 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,770 kg/ha | 13,011 kg/ha | 16,261 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Iraq
- Agriculture share gdp 3.41 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.41 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2014)
- Rural population 30.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 14.13 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2,340 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Iraq?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Iraq was 15,640 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 16,261 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,658 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Iraq rank for cantaloupes and other melons — yield?
- Iraq ranks 65th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq 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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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.