Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield was 16,118 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Western Africa, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Western Africa is 16,118 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.0% on the previous year and up 144.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Western Africa peaked at 16,118 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,174 kg/ha, in 2013.
That places Western Africa 22nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 10,101 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 10,103 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 10,103 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 10,000 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 8,108 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1996 | 9,491 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1997 | 8,302 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1998 | 8,358 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 8,064 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 7,918 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 7,458 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 7,542 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 7,592 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 7,420 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 7,355 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 7,324 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 7,182 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 9,440 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 2009 | 11,202 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2010 | 7,811 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 2011 | 6,404 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2012 | 6,358 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 5,174 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 2014 | 6,583 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 2015 | 5,568 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2016 | 6,742 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 2017 | 7,548 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2018 | 8,609 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2019 | 10,253 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2020 | 15,128 kg/ha | +47.5% |
| 2021 | 14,848 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 14,269 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 15,204 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2024 | 16,118 kg/ha | +6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9,263 kg/ha | 8,064 kg/ha | 10,103 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,043 kg/ha | 7,182 kg/ha | 11,202 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,105 kg/ha | 5,174 kg/ha | 10,253 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,113 kg/ha | 14,269 kg/ha | 16,118 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Western Africa?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Western Africa was 16,118 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 16,118 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,174 kg/ha in 2013.
- How does Western Africa rank for cantaloupes and other melons — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 22nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 144.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.