Melonseed — Yield in Africa
Africa: Melonseed — Yield was 522.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Melonseed — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for melonseed — yield in Africa is 522.9 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, melonseed — yield in Africa peaked at 1,328 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 365 kg/ha, in 1970.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Melonseed — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 535.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 535.5 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1963 | 605.1 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1964 | 569.2 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1965 | 600.4 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1966 | 533.9 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1967 | 559 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 395.5 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1969 | 459 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1970 | 365 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1971 | 445.1 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1972 | 572 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1973 | 607.4 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1974 | 975.8 kg/ha | +60.7% |
| 1975 | 1,054 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1976 | 1,086 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 1,047 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 1,015 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 1,143 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1980 | 1,242 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1981 | 1,141 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1982 | 1,328 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1983 | 1,287 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1984 | 1,090 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1985 | 1,034 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 1,133 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1987 | 1,113 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 1,020 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1989 | 1,109 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1990 | 870 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1991 | 912.7 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 906.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 764.9 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1994 | 768.1 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 777.7 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 788.1 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 922.6 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1998 | 804.3 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1999 | 587.7 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 2000 | 598 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 595.9 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 619.9 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 618.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 628.9 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 634 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 642.4 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 643.8 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 658.9 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 735.1 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2010 | 889 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 2011 | 906.4 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 459.9 kg/ha | -49.3% |
| 2013 | 488.2 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 467 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 443.8 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 447.2 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 452.8 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 459.4 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 496.9 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 531.2 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 514.5 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 510.4 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 518.6 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 522.9 kg/ha | +0.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Melonseed — Yield in Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +60.7% | 607.4 kg/ha | 975.8 kg/ha |
| 2012 | -49.3% | 906.4 kg/ha | 459.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 532.59 kg/ha | 395.5 kg/ha | 605.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 831.08 kg/ha | 365 kg/ha | 1,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,150 kg/ha | 1,020 kg/ha | 1,328 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 810.26 kg/ha | 587.7 kg/ha | 922.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 637.58 kg/ha | 595.9 kg/ha | 735.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 551.06 kg/ha | 443.8 kg/ha | 906.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 519.52 kg/ha | 510.4 kg/ha | 531.2 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 7 Central African Republic 664.5 kg/ha compare
- 8 Sudan (former) 653.5 kg/ha compare
- 9 Nigeria 645.9 kg/ha compare
- 10 South Sudan 641.5 kg/ha compare
- 11 Mauritania 579.9 kg/ha compare
- 12 Congo 471.2 kg/ha compare
- 13 Mexico 389.7 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is melonseed — yield in Africa?
- Melonseed — yield in Africa was 522.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest melonseed — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,328 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest melonseed — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 365 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Africa rank for melonseed — yield?
- Africa ranks 10th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is melonseed — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Melonseed — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.