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The measurement of the production of ${\rm f}_{0}(980)$ in inelastic ppcollisions at $\sqrt{s} = 5.02$ TeV is presented. This is the first reportedmeasurement of inclusive ${\rm f}_{0}(980)$ yield at LHC energies. Theproduction is measured at midrapidity, $|y| < 0.5$, in a wide transversemomentum range, $0 < p_{\rm T} < 16$ GeV/$c$, by reconstructing the resonancein the ${\rm f}_{0}(980) \rightarrow \pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ hadronic decay channelusing the ALICE detector. The $p_{\rm T}$-differential yields are compared tothose of pions, protons and $\phi$ mesons as well as to predictions from theHERWIG 7.2 QCD-inspired Monte Carlo event generator and calculations from acoalescence model that uses the AMPT model as an input. The ratio of the$p_{\rm T}$-integrated yield of ${\rm f}_{0}(980)$ relative to pions iscompared to measurements in ${\rm e}^{+}{\rm e}^{-}$ and pp collisions at lowerenergies and predictions from statistical hadronisation models and HERWIG 7.2.A mild collision energy dependence of the ${\rm f}_{0}(980)$ to pion productionis observed in pp collisions from SPS to LHC energies. All considered modelsunderpredict the $p_{\rm T}$-integrated $2{\rm f}_{0}(980)/(\pi^{+}+\pi^{-})$ratio. The prediction from the canonical statistical hadronisation modelassuming a zero total strangeness content of ${\rm f}_{0}(980)$ is consistentwith the data within 1.9$\sigma$ and is the closest to the data. The resultsprovide an essential reference for future measurements of the particle yieldand nuclear modification in p$-$Pb and Pb$-$Pb collisions, which have beenproposed to be instrumental to probe the elusive nature and quark compositionof the ${\rm f}_{0}(980)$ scalar meson.

${\rm f}_{0}(980)$ production in inelastic pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 5.02$ TeV