Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in China, mainland
China, mainland: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 377,305 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in China, mainland stood at 377,305 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in China, mainland peaked at 383,712 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 70,000 ha, in 1970.
That places China, mainland 2nd 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 China, mainland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 210,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 150,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1963 | 130,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 1964 | 115,000 ha | -11.5% |
| 1965 | 115,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 110,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 110,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 105,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1969 | 105,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 70,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1971 | 80,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1972 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 87,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 1974 | 87,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 87,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 87,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 92,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1978 | 97,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 95,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 105,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 1982 | 115,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1983 | 125,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 135,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 212,000 ha | +57.0% |
| 1986 | 230,000 ha | +8.5% |
| 1987 | 260,000 ha | +13.0% |
| 1988 | 260,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 220,000 ha | -15.4% |
| 1990 | 166,000 ha | -24.5% |
| 1991 | 176,000 ha | +6.0% |
| 1992 | 200,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1993 | 253,000 ha | +26.5% |
| 1994 | 254,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 236,470 ha | -6.9% |
| 1996 | 242,360 ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 158,950 ha | -34.4% |
| 1998 | 199,870 ha | +25.7% |
| 1999 | 234,130 ha | +17.1% |
| 2000 | 309,180 ha | +32.1% |
| 2001 | 329,910 ha | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 366,840 ha | +11.2% |
| 2003 | 355,380 ha | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 319,420 ha | -10.1% |
| 2005 | 338,940 ha | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 346,420 ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 336,320 ha | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 335,660 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 339,670 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 354,540 ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 346,300 ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 333,910 ha | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 336,230 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 335,190 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 345,560 ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 345,930 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 348,820 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 380,585 ha | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 383,712 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 371,039 ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 378,445 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 377,732 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 375,739 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 377,305 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 127,778 ha | 105,000 ha | 210,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 86,200 ha | 70,000 ha | 97,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 175,700 ha | 95,000 ha | 260,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 212,078 ha | 158,950 ha | 254,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 337,774 ha | 309,180 ha | 366,840 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 351,078 ha | 333,910 ha | 383,712 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 376,052 ha | 371,039 ha | 378,445 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 1 China 380,808 ha compare
- 3 India 66,614 ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 56,481 ha compare
- 4 Afghanistan 64,800 ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 60,429 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in China, mainland?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in China, mainland was 377,305 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 China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 383,712 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 70,000 ha in 1970.
- How does China, mainland rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.