Melonseed — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Melonseed — Production is currently reported for 23 countries. The highest value is 582,595 t in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 t in Bulgaria.
The median across all reporting countries is 24,654 t, and the mean is 51,245 t.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Iran (Islamic Republic of) (up 41.5%), and the largest decrease in Türkiye (down 100.0%).
Melonseed — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 582,595 t | 2024 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Sudan | 90,486 t | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 3 | Ethiopia PDR | 90,000 t | 1992 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 63,615 t | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 4 | Sudan (former) | 66,000 t | 2011 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 5 | Cameroon | 46,014 t | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 26,952 t | 2024 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Mali | 41,934 t | 2024 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Türkiye | 0 t | 1996 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 39,093 t | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 8 | China | 27,913 t | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 8 | China, mainland | 27,913 t | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Chad | 24,654 t | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 11 | South Sudan | 23,766 t | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 12 | Yugoslav SFR | 15,084 t | 1991 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 13 | Greece | 4,499 t | 2017 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 14 | Congo | 3,648 t | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 15 | Mauritania | 2,449 t | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 16 | Senegal | 1,517 t | 2024 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Romania | 500 t | 1973 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Mexico | 9.59 t | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 19 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0 t | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 0 t | 1992 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 974,646 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 287,515 t
- Africa 919,772 t
- Middle Africa 177,024 t
- Western Africa 628,495 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 337,177 t
- Asia 54,864 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 287,515 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 129,448 t
- Northern Africa 90,486 t
- Eastern Asia 27,913 t
- Southern Asia 26,952 t
- Eastern Africa 23,766 t
- Europe 4,499 t
- European Union (27) 4,499 t
- Southern Europe 4,499 t
- Central America 9.59 t
- Americas 9.59 t
- Eastern Europe 0 t
- Western Asia 0 t
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.