Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in United States of America
United States of America: Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield was 27,949 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in United States of America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 27,949 kg/ha for cantaloupes and other melons — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — yield in United States of America peaked at 33,940 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 11,507 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places United States of America 7th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in United States of America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,150 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,812 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1963 | 12,652 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 11,507 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1965 | 12,092 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1966 | 11,875 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 13,352 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1968 | 13,311 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 12,716 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1970 | 13,873 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1971 | 14,343 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 15,509 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1973 | 14,409 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1974 | 16,233 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1975 | 15,566 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1976 | 15,606 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 15,839 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 15,848 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 15,806 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 16,376 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 17,717 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1982 | 16,993 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1983 | 17,082 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 17,259 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 18,068 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 18,138 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 18,352 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 17,819 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 17,648 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 17,505 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 17,381 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 18,888 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1993 | 19,621 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 19,880 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 20,710 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 22,959 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1997 | 22,249 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 23,452 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 23,177 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 23,077 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 25,427 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2002 | 27,001 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 28,076 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 27,902 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 25,952 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2006 | 24,721 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 30,145 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2008 | 28,967 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 28,596 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 28,031 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 29,154 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 28,206 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 29,391 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 26,770 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 29,194 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2016 | 30,047 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 28,091 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 28,293 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 26,775 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 33,940 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 2021 | 29,664 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2022 | 31,008 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 28,552 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2024 | 27,949 kg/ha | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,385 kg/ha | 11,507 kg/ha | 13,352 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,303 kg/ha | 13,873 kg/ha | 16,233 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,545 kg/ha | 16,376 kg/ha | 18,352 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,582 kg/ha | 17,381 kg/ha | 23,452 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,986 kg/ha | 23,077 kg/ha | 30,145 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,395 kg/ha | 26,770 kg/ha | 30,047 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,223 kg/ha | 27,949 kg/ha | 33,940 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 4 Guatemala 51,135 kg/ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22,206 kg/ha compare
- 5 United Arab Emirates 44,690 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 20,273 kg/ha compare
- 6 Republic of Korea 44,512 kg/ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 17,648 kg/ha compare
- 7 Palestine, State of 43,256 kg/ha compare
- 8 Jordan 39,264 kg/ha compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 10,965 kg/ha compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — yield in United States of America?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — yield in United States of America was 27,949 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 United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 33,940 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — yield recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,507 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does United States of America rank for cantaloupes and other melons — yield?
- United States of America ranks 7th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — yield rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America 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.