Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 19,447 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Bangladesh stood at 19,447 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 37.7% on the previous year and up 60.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 31,198 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,937 ha, in 1974.
That places Bangladesh 9th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,600 ha | +10.0% |
| 1969 | 6,574 ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 6,408 ha | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 6,698 ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 6,222 ha | -7.1% |
| 1973 | 6,139 ha | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 5,937 ha | -3.3% |
| 1975 | 7,171 ha | +20.8% |
| 1976 | 7,746 ha | +8.0% |
| 1977 | 7,764 ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 8,045 ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 8,118 ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 8,239 ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 7,934 ha | -3.7% |
| 1982 | 7,821 ha | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 8,645 ha | +10.5% |
| 1984 | 9,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 9,708 ha | +7.9% |
| 1986 | 9,825 ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 9,465 ha | -3.7% |
| 1988 | 9,439 ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 9,739 ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 12,023 ha | +23.5% |
| 1991 | 11,956 ha | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 12,033 ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 11,904 ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 11,877 ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 12,141 ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 11,736 ha | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 11,736 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 11,736 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 11,736 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 9,713 ha | -17.2% |
| 2001 | 10,530 ha | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 10,522 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 10,522 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 10,926 ha | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 7,612 ha | -30.3% |
| 2006 | 8,755 ha | +15.0% |
| 2007 | 9,413 ha | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 12,539 ha | +33.2% |
| 2009 | 12,646 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 13,238 ha | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 12,079 ha | -8.8% |
| 2012 | 15,380 ha | +27.3% |
| 2013 | 12,950 ha | -15.8% |
| 2014 | 12,140 ha | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 11,740 ha | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 11,051 ha | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 11,736 ha | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 15,379 ha | +31.0% |
| 2019 | 14,707 ha | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 15,843 ha | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 20,622 ha | +30.2% |
| 2022 | 27,570 ha | +33.7% |
| 2023 | 31,198 ha | +13.2% |
| 2024 | 19,447 ha | -37.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,130 ha | 6,000 ha | 6,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,025 ha | 5,937 ha | 8,118 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,982 ha | 7,821 ha | 9,825 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,888 ha | 11,736 ha | 12,141 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,318 ha | 7,612 ha | 12,646 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,040 ha | 11,051 ha | 15,380 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,936 ha | 15,843 ha | 31,198 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Bangladesh was 19,447 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 Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 31,198 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,937 ha in 1974.
- How does Bangladesh rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 9th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.