China vs Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested over time
- China
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
How they compare
China currently reports 380,808 ha against 103,207 ha in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), a difference of 277,601 ha.
That makes China's figure about 3.7 times Least Developed Countries (LDCs)'s.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 1st and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd of 105 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 131,777 ha | 10,142 ha | 121,635 ha | China |
| 1970s | 93,000 ha | 11,277 ha | 81,722 ha | China |
| 1980s | 185,813 ha | 15,293 ha | 170,520 ha | China |
| 1990s | 223,296 ha | 19,646 ha | 203,650 ha | China |
| 2000s | 345,528 ha | 32,785 ha | 312,743 ha | China |
| 2010s | 356,179 ha | 68,245 ha | 287,934 ha | China |
| 2020s | 380,133 ha | 104,566 ha | 275,567 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested, China or Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- China, at 380,808 ha against 103,207 ha in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested between China and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- 277,601 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank globally for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd of 105 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.