Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 7,968 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand stood at 7,968 ha.
The figure is up 17.0% on the previous year and up 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 8,673 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,322 ha, in 1964.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 20th of 105 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,372 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,376 ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 1,380 ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 1,322 ha | -4.2% |
| 1965 | 1,322 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,369 ha | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 1,604 ha | +17.2% |
| 1968 | 1,700 ha | +6.0% |
| 1969 | 1,668 ha | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 1,551 ha | -7.0% |
| 1971 | 1,969 ha | +27.0% |
| 1972 | 2,173 ha | +10.4% |
| 1973 | 1,959 ha | -9.8% |
| 1974 | 1,780 ha | -9.1% |
| 1975 | 1,608 ha | -9.7% |
| 1976 | 1,815 ha | +12.9% |
| 1977 | 2,196 ha | +21.0% |
| 1978 | 2,529 ha | +15.2% |
| 1979 | 2,353 ha | -7.0% |
| 1980 | 2,384 ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 1,467 ha | -38.5% |
| 1982 | 1,740 ha | +18.6% |
| 1983 | 2,352 ha | +35.2% |
| 1984 | 2,464 ha | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 2,659 ha | +7.9% |
| 1986 | 2,830 ha | +6.4% |
| 1987 | 2,734 ha | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 2,900 ha | +6.1% |
| 1989 | 3,038 ha | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 3,036 ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 3,066 ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 3,783 ha | +23.4% |
| 1993 | 4,346 ha | +14.9% |
| 1994 | 3,784 ha | -12.9% |
| 1995 | 3,189 ha | -15.7% |
| 1996 | 3,236 ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 3,325 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 3,675 ha | +10.5% |
| 1999 | 5,585 ha | +52.0% |
| 2000 | 4,351 ha | -22.1% |
| 2001 | 5,119 ha | +17.7% |
| 2002 | 4,161 ha | -18.7% |
| 2003 | 3,192 ha | -23.3% |
| 2004 | 3,371 ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 3,872 ha | +14.9% |
| 2006 | 3,994 ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 3,792 ha | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 2,840 ha | -25.1% |
| 2009 | 8,023 ha | +182.5% |
| 2010 | 7,961 ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 7,889 ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 7,073 ha | -10.3% |
| 2013 | 7,990 ha | +13.0% |
| 2014 | 6,634 ha | -17.0% |
| 2015 | 6,766 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 6,394 ha | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 8,673 ha | +35.6% |
| 2018 | 8,025 ha | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 6,380 ha | -20.5% |
| 2020 | 6,252 ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 6,782 ha | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 7,412 ha | +9.3% |
| 2023 | 6,813 ha | -8.1% |
| 2024 | 7,968 ha | +17.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,457 ha | 1,322 ha | 1,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,993 ha | 1,551 ha | 2,529 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,457 ha | 1,467 ha | 3,038 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,702 ha | 3,036 ha | 5,585 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,272 ha | 2,840 ha | 8,023 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,378 ha | 6,380 ha | 8,673 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,045 ha | 6,252 ha | 7,968 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 7,968 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 Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 8,673 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,322 ha in 1964.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 20th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.