China vs World: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested over time
- China
- World
How they compare
World currently reports 1.04 million ha against 380,808 ha in China, a difference of 661,872 ha.
That makes World's figure about 2.7 times China's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.
China ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 105 countries.
World has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 131,777 ha | 560,465 ha | 428,688 ha | World |
| 1970s | 93,000 ha | 547,346 ha | 454,346 ha | World |
| 1980s | 185,813 ha | 793,429 ha | 607,615 ha | World |
| 1990s | 223,296 ha | 934,723 ha | 711,426 ha | World |
| 2000s | 345,528 ha | 1.08 million ha | 734,335 ha | World |
| 2010s | 356,179 ha | 1.08 million ha | 724,252 ha | World |
| 2020s | 380,133 ha | 1.06 million ha | 678,375 ha | World |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested, China or World?
- World, at 1.04 million ha against 380,808 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested between China and World?
- 661,872 ha, with World ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and World?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and World rank globally for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st and World ranks 1st 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.