Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 64,800 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 64,800 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 185.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Afghanistan peaked at 79,951 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2,100 ha, in 1989.
Afghanistan ranks 4th of 105 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 3,200 ha | -5.9% |
| 1968 | 2,900 ha | -9.4% |
| 1969 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 2,900 ha | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 4,300 ha | +48.3% |
| 1977 | 3,000 ha | -30.2% |
| 1978 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,900 ha | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 2,800 ha | -3.4% |
| 1981 | 2,700 ha | -3.6% |
| 1982 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 2,700 ha | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 2,600 ha | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,200 ha | -15.4% |
| 1987 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,100 ha | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 2,184 ha | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 2,160 ha | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 2,163 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 2,117 ha | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 2,778 ha | +31.2% |
| 1995 | 3,019 ha | +8.7% |
| 1996 | 3,268 ha | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 3,518 ha | +7.6% |
| 1998 | 3,579 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 4,188 ha | +17.0% |
| 2000 | 2,200 ha | -47.5% |
| 2001 | 2,700 ha | +22.7% |
| 2002 | 5,000 ha | +85.2% |
| 2003 | 8,960 ha | +79.2% |
| 2004 | 5,040 ha | -43.8% |
| 2005 | 9,861 ha | +95.7% |
| 2006 | 25,000 ha | +153.5% |
| 2007 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 35,400 ha | +41.6% |
| 2010 | 35,460 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 24,717 ha | -30.3% |
| 2012 | 23,047 ha | -6.8% |
| 2013 | 16,370 ha | -29.0% |
| 2014 | 22,722 ha | +38.8% |
| 2015 | 34,270 ha | +50.8% |
| 2016 | 79,951 ha | +133.3% |
| 2017 | 54,406 ha | -32.0% |
| 2018 | 35,798 ha | -34.2% |
| 2019 | 37,136 ha | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 58,942 ha | +58.7% |
| 2021 | 59,437 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 70,359 ha | +18.4% |
| 2023 | 64,944 ha | -7.7% |
| 2024 | 64,800 ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,211 ha | 2,900 ha | 3,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,070 ha | 2,900 ha | 4,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,490 ha | 2,100 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,897 ha | 2,117 ha | 4,188 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,416 ha | 2,200 ha | 35,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,388 ha | 16,370 ha | 79,951 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 63,696 ha | 58,942 ha | 70,359 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Afghanistan?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Afghanistan was 64,800 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 79,951 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,100 ha in 1989.
- How does Afghanistan rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 4th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 185.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.