Melonseed — Yield in China
China: Melonseed — Yield was 1,461 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Melonseed — Yield in China, 1972–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, melonseed — yield in China stood at 1,461 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, melonseed — yield in China peaked at 1,650 kg/ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 248.7 kg/ha, in 1982.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Melonseed — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 531.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1973 | 590 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1974 | 602.1 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 520.1 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1976 | 676.6 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1977 | 733.6 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1978 | 327.5 kg/ha | -55.4% |
| 1979 | 536.5 kg/ha | +63.8% |
| 1980 | 380 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1981 | 578.3 kg/ha | +52.2% |
| 1982 | 248.7 kg/ha | -57.0% |
| 1983 | 274 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1984 | 291.6 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 540.8 kg/ha | +85.5% |
| 1986 | 402.7 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1987 | 1,205 kg/ha | +199.1% |
| 1988 | 1,091 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1989 | 1,356 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1990 | 1,637 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1991 | 1,365 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1992 | 1,375 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 1,033 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 1994 | 576.9 kg/ha | -44.1% |
| 1995 | 808.8 kg/ha | +40.2% |
| 1996 | 1,162 kg/ha | +43.7% |
| 1997 | 915.3 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1998 | 1,650 kg/ha | +80.3% |
| 1999 | 625 kg/ha | -62.1% |
| 2000 | 1,100 kg/ha | +76.0% |
| 2001 | 833.3 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 2002 | 1,250 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 2003 | 1,239 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 1,279 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 1,571 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2006 | 1,500 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 1,546 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 1,381 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2009 | 1,374 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,412 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 1,437 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 1,462 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 1,486 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 1,530 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 1,450 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 1,513 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 1,534 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 1,463 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 1,469 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1,484 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 1,480 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,473 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 1,461 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Melonseed — Yield in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +199.1% | 402.7 kg/ha | 1,205 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 564.79 kg/ha | 327.5 kg/ha | 733.6 kg/ha | 8 |
| 1980s | 636.76 kg/ha | 248.7 kg/ha | 1,356 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,115 kg/ha | 576.9 kg/ha | 1,650 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,307 kg/ha | 833.3 kg/ha | 1,571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,479 kg/ha | 1,412 kg/ha | 1,534 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,473 kg/ha | 1,461 kg/ha | 1,484 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 Mali 13,830 kg/ha compare
- 2 Greece 1,728 kg/ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 634.4 kg/ha compare
- 3 China, Taiwan Province of 1,692 kg/ha compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 629.2 kg/ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 1,461 kg/ha compare
- 6 Chad 684.3 kg/ha compare
- 7 Central African Republic 664.5 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is melonseed — yield in China?
- Melonseed — yield in China was 1,461 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest melonseed — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1,650 kg/ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest melonseed — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 248.7 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does China rank for melonseed — yield?
- China ranks 4th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is melonseed — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.