Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 7,732 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Australia, 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 stood at 7,732 ha.
The figure is up 17.6% on the previous year and up 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Australia peaked at 8,462 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,296 ha, in 1964.
Australia ranks 21st 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, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,352 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,352 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,352 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,296 ha | -4.1% |
| 1965 | 1,296 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,344 ha | +3.7% |
| 1967 | 1,584 ha | +17.9% |
| 1968 | 1,680 ha | +6.1% |
| 1969 | 1,648 ha | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 1,526 ha | -7.4% |
| 1971 | 1,944 ha | +27.4% |
| 1972 | 2,153 ha | +10.8% |
| 1973 | 1,939 ha | -9.9% |
| 1974 | 1,760 ha | -9.2% |
| 1975 | 1,588 ha | -9.8% |
| 1976 | 1,790 ha | +12.7% |
| 1977 | 2,166 ha | +21.0% |
| 1978 | 2,493 ha | +15.1% |
| 1979 | 2,317 ha | -7.1% |
| 1980 | 2,295 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 1,415 ha | -38.3% |
| 1982 | 1,682 ha | +18.9% |
| 1983 | 2,282 ha | +35.7% |
| 1984 | 2,384 ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 2,559 ha | +7.3% |
| 1986 | 2,718 ha | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 2,592 ha | -4.6% |
| 1988 | 2,805 ha | +8.2% |
| 1989 | 2,962 ha | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 2,955 ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 2,948 ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 3,461 ha | +17.4% |
| 1993 | 4,020 ha | +16.2% |
| 1994 | 3,408 ha | -15.2% |
| 1995 | 3,099 ha | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 3,093 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 3,162 ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 3,500 ha | +10.7% |
| 1999 | 5,353 ha | +52.9% |
| 2000 | 4,035 ha | -24.6% |
| 2001 | 4,827 ha | +19.6% |
| 2002 | 3,774 ha | -21.8% |
| 2003 | 2,867 ha | -24.0% |
| 2004 | 3,291 ha | +14.8% |
| 2005 | 3,719 ha | +13.0% |
| 2006 | 3,844 ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 3,533 ha | -8.1% |
| 2008 | 2,590 ha | -26.7% |
| 2009 | 7,776 ha | +200.2% |
| 2010 | 7,700 ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 7,609 ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 6,800 ha | -10.6% |
| 2013 | 7,720 ha | +13.5% |
| 2014 | 6,346 ha | -17.8% |
| 2015 | 6,505 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 6,148 ha | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 8,462 ha | +37.6% |
| 2018 | 7,786 ha | -8.0% |
| 2019 | 6,148 ha | -21.0% |
| 2020 | 6,014 ha | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 6,545 ha | +8.8% |
| 2022 | 7,176 ha | +9.6% |
| 2023 | 6,576 ha | -8.4% |
| 2024 | 7,732 ha | +17.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,434 ha | 1,296 ha | 1,680 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,968 ha | 1,526 ha | 2,493 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,369 ha | 1,415 ha | 2,962 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,500 ha | 2,948 ha | 5,353 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,026 ha | 2,590 ha | 7,776 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,122 ha | 6,148 ha | 8,462 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,809 ha | 6,014 ha | 7,732 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Australia?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Australia was 7,732 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?
- The highest recorded value was 8,462 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,296 ha in 1964.
- How does Australia rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 21st out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia 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.