Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Qatar
Qatar: Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield was 15,378 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Qatar, 1977–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Qatar recorded 15,378 kg/ha for cantaloupes and other melons — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 45.3% on the previous year and up 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Qatar peaked at 28,106 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6,905 kg/ha, in 2015.
That places Qatar 63rd out of 97 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Qatar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 13,428 kg/ha | — |
| 1978 | 13,014 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 10,200 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1980 | 6,992 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 1981 | 8,561 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1982 | 10,091 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1983 | 8,525 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1984 | 7,339 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1985 | 8,392 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1986 | 8,400 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 8,381 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 8,496 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 8,420 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 8,614 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 9,460 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1992 | 10,783 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1993 | 11,003 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 10,860 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 11,199 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 11,714 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 11,673 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 11,429 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 10,250 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2000 | 10,238 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 10,513 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 10,532 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 10,412 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 10,271 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 10,083 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 9,125 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 9,125 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 11,250 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 2009 | 19,986 kg/ha | +77.7% |
| 2010 | 12,099 kg/ha | -39.5% |
| 2011 | 9,943 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2012 | 10,375 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 9,443 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2014 | 11,438 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 2015 | 6,905 kg/ha | -39.6% |
| 2016 | 11,152 kg/ha | +61.5% |
| 2017 | 12,208 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2018 | 10,401 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2019 | 17,244 kg/ha | +65.8% |
| 2020 | 13,066 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 2021 | 9,105 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 2022 | 8,922 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 28,106 kg/ha | +215.0% |
| 2024 | 15,378 kg/ha | -45.3% |
Qatar compared with similar countries
- Qatar's 15,378 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 24,530 kg/ha, 63% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Qatar's 15,378 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 22,441 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Qatar changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +215.0% | 8,922 kg/ha | 28,106 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12,214 kg/ha | 10,200 kg/ha | 13,428 kg/ha | 3 |
| 1980s | 8,360 kg/ha | 6,992 kg/ha | 10,091 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,698 kg/ha | 8,614 kg/ha | 11,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,154 kg/ha | 9,125 kg/ha | 19,986 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,121 kg/ha | 6,905 kg/ha | 17,244 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,916 kg/ha | 8,922 kg/ha | 28,106 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Qatar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0031 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 221.93 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0064 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Qatar?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Qatar was 15,378 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 Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 28,106 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — yield recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,905 kg/ha in 2015.
- How does Qatar rank for cantaloupes and other melons — yield?
- Qatar ranks 63rd out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — yield rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Qatar 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.