China vs Middle Africa: Melonseed — Area harvested
Melonseed — Area harvested over time
- China
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Middle Africa currently reports 331,060 ha against 19,105 ha in China, a difference of 311,955 ha.
That makes Middle Africa's figure about 17.3 times China's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Middle Africa has been ahead every year.
China ranks 8th and Middle Africa ranks 2nd of 16 countries.
Middle Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 133,697 ha | 133,697 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1970s | 6,943 ha | 157,988 ha | 151,045 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1980s | 11,646 ha | 193,880 ha | 182,234 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1990s | 40,807 ha | 229,290 ha | 188,484 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2000s | 25,352 ha | 272,229 ha | 246,877 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2010s | 20,586 ha | 318,747 ha | 298,161 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2020s | 19,099 ha | 330,816 ha | 311,717 ha | Middle Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher melonseed — area harvested, China or Middle Africa?
- Middle Africa, at 331,060 ha against 19,105 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in melonseed — area harvested between China and Middle Africa?
- 311,955 ha, with Middle Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Middle Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Middle Africa rank globally for melonseed — area harvested?
- China ranks 8th and Middle Africa ranks 2nd of 16 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Melonseed — 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.