China vs Northern Africa: Melonseed — Area harvested
Melonseed — Area harvested over time
- China
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 470,652 ha against 19,105 ha in China, a difference of 451,547 ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 24.6 times China's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Northern Africa ahead.
China ranks 8th and Northern Africa ranks 6th of 16 countries.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 40,807 ha | 73,000 ha | 32,193 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 25,352 ha | 68,600 ha | 43,248 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 20,586 ha | 478,474 ha | 457,888 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 19,099 ha | 472,171 ha | 453,071 ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher melonseed — area harvested, China or Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 470,652 ha against 19,105 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in melonseed — area harvested between China and Northern Africa?
- 451,547 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Northern Africa?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do China and Northern Africa rank globally for melonseed — area harvested?
- China ranks 8th and Northern Africa ranks 6th 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.