Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield was 26,932 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Saudi Arabia, 1971–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 26,932 kg/ha for cantaloupes and other melons — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 8.7% on the previous year and up 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Saudi Arabia peaked at 38,090 kg/ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 10,809 kg/ha, in 1976.
That places Saudi Arabia 25th out of 97 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 20,009 kg/ha | 10,809 kg/ha | 32,757 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1980s | 22,291 kg/ha | 13,376 kg/ha | 38,090 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,444 kg/ha | 14,989 kg/ha | 21,117 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,499 kg/ha | 13,559 kg/ha | 20,915 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,701 kg/ha | 18,324 kg/ha | 21,016 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,468 kg/ha | 21,345 kg/ha | 29,483 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Saudi Arabia?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Saudi Arabia was 26,932 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 38,090 kg/ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,809 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for cantaloupes and other melons — yield?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 25th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — yield rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.