Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 56,823 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 56,823 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.7% on the previous year and down 39.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Africa peaked at 100,085 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 18,763 ha, in 1961.
That places Africa 13th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,763 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,288 ha | +8.1% |
| 1963 | 20,821 ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 22,855 ha | +9.8% |
| 1965 | 25,725 ha | +12.6% |
| 1966 | 24,951 ha | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 26,062 ha | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 25,702 ha | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 23,542 ha | -8.4% |
| 1970 | 25,380 ha | +7.8% |
| 1971 | 26,171 ha | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 26,172 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 26,312 ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 28,316 ha | +7.6% |
| 1975 | 29,948 ha | +5.8% |
| 1976 | 33,685 ha | +12.5% |
| 1977 | 32,404 ha | -3.8% |
| 1978 | 35,576 ha | +9.8% |
| 1979 | 39,964 ha | +12.3% |
| 1980 | 44,508 ha | +11.4% |
| 1981 | 44,516 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 44,917 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 46,781 ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 48,652 ha | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 52,260 ha | +7.4% |
| 1986 | 58,550 ha | +12.0% |
| 1987 | 58,135 ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 55,354 ha | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 58,706 ha | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 56,977 ha | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 58,889 ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 62,003 ha | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 50,526 ha | -18.5% |
| 1994 | 56,368 ha | +11.6% |
| 1995 | 43,140 ha | -23.5% |
| 1996 | 59,857 ha | +38.8% |
| 1997 | 63,256 ha | +5.7% |
| 1998 | 58,965 ha | -6.8% |
| 1999 | 72,987 ha | +23.8% |
| 2000 | 75,093 ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 77,383 ha | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 66,984 ha | -13.4% |
| 2003 | 68,147 ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 71,732 ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 75,574 ha | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 83,603 ha | +10.6% |
| 2007 | 77,752 ha | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 86,982 ha | +11.9% |
| 2009 | 86,776 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 90,753 ha | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 97,034 ha | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 89,214 ha | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 100,085 ha | +12.2% |
| 2014 | 93,341 ha | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 90,516 ha | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 92,286 ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 78,287 ha | -15.2% |
| 2018 | 75,249 ha | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 51,074 ha | -32.1% |
| 2020 | 52,189 ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 70,063 ha | +34.2% |
| 2022 | 83,653 ha | +19.4% |
| 2023 | 62,926 ha | -24.8% |
| 2024 | 56,823 ha | -9.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,190 ha | 18,763 ha | 26,062 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,393 ha | 25,380 ha | 39,964 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 51,238 ha | 44,508 ha | 58,706 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 58,297 ha | 43,140 ha | 72,987 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 77,003 ha | 66,984 ha | 86,982 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 85,784 ha | 51,074 ha | 100,085 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 65,131 ha | 52,189 ha | 83,653 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Africa?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Africa was 56,823 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 Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 100,085 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,763 ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 13th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa 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.