Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested by country
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...
What the numbers show
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 380,808 ha in China; the lowest is 0 ha in Netherlands (Kingdom of the).
The median across all reporting countries is 1,925 ha, and the mean is 13,558 ha.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 4,150.0%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 100.0%).
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 380,808 ha | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 377,305 ha | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 3 | India | 66,614 ha | 2024 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 64,800 ha | 2024 | up 185.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 60,429 ha | 2024 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Brazil | 31,287 ha | 2024 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Italy | 26,280 ha | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 8 | Pakistan | 19,762 ha | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 19,447 ha | 2024 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 18,487 ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 11 | Egypt | 17,617 ha | 2024 | down 53.0% | rising |
| 12 | Spain | 16,930 ha | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 13 | Guatemala | 15,000 ha | 2024 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 14 | France | 14,110 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 15 | Ukraine | 11,000 ha | 2024 | down 43.0% | rising |
| 16 | Tunisia | 10,252 ha | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 17 | Paraguay | 8,196 ha | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 18 | Iraq | 8,098 ha | 2024 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 19 | Indonesia | 7,997 ha | 2024 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Australia and New Zealand | 7,968 ha | 2024 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Australia | 7,732 ha | 2024 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Morocco | 7,192 ha | 2024 | down 68.2% | rising |
| 23 | Cuba | 6,356 ha | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 24 | Japan | 5,677 ha | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 25 | Colombia | 5,369 ha | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Honduras | 5,218 ha | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Argentina | 5,204 ha | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 28 | Sudan (former) | 5,140 ha | 2011 | up 347.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Cameroon | 4,952 ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 30 | Azerbaijan | 4,888 ha | 2024 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 31 | Republic of Korea | 4,673 ha | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 4,100 ha | 2024 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 3,907 ha | 2024 | up 157.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Yemen | 3,867 ha | 2024 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 35 | China, Taiwan Province of | 3,503 ha | 2024 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 36 | Niger | 3,491 ha | 2024 | up 344.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Oman | 3,164 ha | 2024 | up 566.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Senegal | 3,042 ha | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 39 | Chile | 2,968 ha | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 40 | Greece | 2,900 ha | 2024 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 2,567 ha | 2024 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Romania | 2,540 ha | 2024 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 43 | South Sudan | 2,472 ha | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 44 | Portugal | 2,400 ha | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 45 | Mali | 2,342 ha | 2024 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Costa Rica | 2,317 ha | 2024 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Philippines | 2,132 ha | 2024 | up 120.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Albania | 1,977 ha | 2024 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 49 | Sri Lanka | 1,925 ha | 2024 | up 73.4% | rising |
| 50 | Libya | 1,753 ha | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 51 | Sudan | 1,752 ha | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 52 | Jordan | 1,644 ha | 2024 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 53 | South Africa | 1,578 ha | 2024 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 54 | Ecuador | 1,569 ha | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Peru | 1,534 ha | 2024 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 56 | Israel | 1,371 ha | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 57 | Czechoslovakia | 1,303 ha | 1992 | up 132.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Lebanon | 982 ha | 2024 | up 96.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Panama | 617 ha | 2024 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Guadeloupe | 500 ha | 2006 | up 203.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Canada | 493 ha | 2024 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Hungary | 440 ha | 2024 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Georgia | 300 ha | 2024 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 64 | Martinique | 280 ha | 2006 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Guinea | 274 ha | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 66 | Haiti | 251 ha | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 67 | New Zealand | 237 ha | 2024 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Palestine, State of | 216 ha | 2022 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Jamaica | 203 ha | 2024 | down 21.9% | flat |
| 70 | Qatar | 169 ha | 2024 | up 89.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Croatia | 160 ha | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 72 | Cyprus | 150 ha | 2024 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 73 | El Salvador | 115 ha | 2024 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Uruguay | 114 ha | 2024 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Puerto Rico | 85 ha | 2024 | up 4,150.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Montenegro | 77 ha | 2024 | up 60.4% | rising |
| 77 | Namibia | 71 ha | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 78 | United Arab Emirates | 63 ha | 2024 | up 90.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Belize | 57 ha | 2024 | up 338.5% | volatile |
| 79 | North Macedonia | 57 ha | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 81 | French Polynesia | 41 ha | 2024 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Barbados | 36 ha | 2024 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Bahrain | 34 ha | 2024 | up 183.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Solomon Islands | 32 ha | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 85 | Zimbabwe | 29 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 86 | Kuwait | 24 ha | 2024 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Slovakia | 20 ha | 2024 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Slovenia | 20 ha | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 87 | Réunion | 20 ha | 2006 | down 81.8% | falling |
| 90 | Grenada | 18 ha | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Switzerland | 12 ha | 2024 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Djibouti | 8 ha | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 93 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5 ha | 2024 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Fiji | 5 ha | 2024 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Denmark | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Malta | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.04 million ha
- Eastern Asia 398,756 ha
- Southern Asia 198,205 ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 185,952 ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 149,449 ha
- Americas 137,787 ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 97,660 ha
- Western Asia 86,736 ha
- Europe 84,339 ha
- European Union (27) 70,050 ha
- South America 63,132 ha
- Central Asia 60,429 ha
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.