Democratic Republic of the Congo vs World: Melonseed — Area harvested

Democratic Republic of the Congo
101,105 ha
in 2024
World
1.82 million ha
in 2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo rank
3rd
World rank
1st

Melonseed — Area harvested over time

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • World
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922024

How they compare

World currently reports 1.82 million ha against 101,105 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a difference of 1.72 million ha.

That makes World's figure about 18.0 times Democratic Republic of the Congo's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.

Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 3rd and World ranks 1st of 5 countries.

World has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic Republic of the Congo World Difference Ahead
1960s 49,111 ha 492,175 ha 443,063 ha World
1970s 55,820 ha 455,045 ha 399,225 ha World
1980s 69,220 ha 374,340 ha 305,120 ha World
1990s 79,520 ha 697,723 ha 618,203 ha World
2000s 91,623 ha 1.07 million ha 977,453 ha World
2010s 101,770 ha 1.72 million ha 1.61 million ha World
2020s 100,617 ha 1.83 million ha 1.73 million ha World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher melonseed — area harvested, Democratic Republic of the Congo or World?
World, at 1.82 million ha against 101,105 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2024.
What is the difference in melonseed — area harvested between Democratic Republic of the Congo and World?
1.72 million ha, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of the Congo and World?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Democratic Republic of the Congo and World rank globally for melonseed — area harvested?
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 3rd and World ranks 1st of 5 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

Indicator
Melonseed — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
36 places, 1,882 data points, 1961–2024
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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.