Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 4,952 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Cameroon stood at 4,952 ha.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 5,100 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 700 ha, in 1990.
That places Cameroon 29th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 700 ha | — |
| 1991 | 1,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1992 | 1,400 ha | +40.0% |
| 1993 | 1,700 ha | +21.4% |
| 1994 | 2,100 ha | +23.5% |
| 1995 | 2,500 ha | +19.0% |
| 1996 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1997 | 3,300 ha | +22.2% |
| 1998 | 4,000 ha | +21.2% |
| 1999 | 4,364 ha | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 4,384 ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 4,384 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4,700 ha | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 4,800 ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 5,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 5,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 4,300 ha | -15.7% |
| 2007 | 4,100 ha | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 4,800 ha | +17.1% |
| 2009 | 4,850 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 4,757 ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 4,821 ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 4,853 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 4,881 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 4,905 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 4,845 ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 4,814 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 4,801 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 4,794 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 4,789 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 4,789 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 4,860 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 4,914 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 4,933 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 4,952 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,376 ha | 700 ha | 4,364 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,642 ha | 4,100 ha | 5,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,826 ha | 4,757 ha | 4,905 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,890 ha | 4,789 ha | 4,952 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 26 Honduras 5,218 ha compare
- 27 Argentina 5,204 ha compare
- 28 Sudan (former) 5,140 ha compare
- 30 Azerbaijan 4,888 ha compare
- 31 Republic of Korea 4,673 ha compare
- 32 Bulgaria 4,100 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.9031 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1685 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 332.28 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4433 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 16.85 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.85 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Cameroon was 4,952 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 Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 5,100 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 700 ha in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 29th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.