Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in China
China: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 380,808 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in China is 380,808 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in China peaked at 387,636 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 75,112 ha, in 1970.
China ranks 1st of 105 countries on this measure, 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, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 214,093 ha | — |
| 1962 | 153,412 ha | -28.3% |
| 1963 | 133,460 ha | -13.0% |
| 1964 | 117,949 ha | -11.6% |
| 1965 | 117,849 ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 114,450 ha | -2.9% |
| 1967 | 115,215 ha | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 109,975 ha | -4.5% |
| 1969 | 109,588 ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 75,112 ha | -31.5% |
| 1971 | 84,830 ha | +12.9% |
| 1972 | 84,518 ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 92,708 ha | +9.7% |
| 1974 | 92,257 ha | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 93,215 ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 94,430 ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 100,740 ha | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 106,600 ha | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 105,585 ha | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 105,706 ha | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 114,344 ha | +8.2% |
| 1982 | 125,595 ha | +9.8% |
| 1983 | 136,838 ha | +9.0% |
| 1984 | 145,324 ha | +6.2% |
| 1985 | 221,671 ha | +52.5% |
| 1986 | 241,896 ha | +9.1% |
| 1987 | 268,922 ha | +11.2% |
| 1988 | 269,014 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 228,823 ha | -14.9% |
| 1990 | 174,906 ha | -23.6% |
| 1991 | 187,762 ha | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 211,906 ha | +12.9% |
| 1993 | 265,569 ha | +25.3% |
| 1994 | 263,840 ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 247,615 ha | -6.1% |
| 1996 | 253,785 ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 170,516 ha | -32.8% |
| 1998 | 211,943 ha | +24.3% |
| 1999 | 245,123 ha | +15.7% |
| 2000 | 318,772 ha | +30.0% |
| 2001 | 339,154 ha | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 376,460 ha | +11.0% |
| 2003 | 363,621 ha | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 327,437 ha | -10.0% |
| 2005 | 346,115 ha | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 354,247 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 342,851 ha | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 341,534 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 345,090 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 360,006 ha | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 352,156 ha | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 338,965 ha | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 341,588 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 340,353 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 350,938 ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 351,276 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 353,821 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 385,050 ha | +8.8% |
| 2019 | 387,636 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 375,213 ha | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 382,972 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 381,936 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 379,736 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 380,808 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 131,777 ha | 109,588 ha | 214,093 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 93,000 ha | 75,112 ha | 106,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 185,813 ha | 105,706 ha | 269,014 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 223,296 ha | 170,516 ha | 265,569 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 345,528 ha | 318,772 ha | 376,460 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 356,179 ha | 338,965 ha | 387,636 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 380,133 ha | 375,213 ha | 382,972 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 2 China, mainland 377,305 ha compare
- 3 India 66,614 ha compare
- 4 Afghanistan 64,800 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in China?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in China was 380,808 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?
- The highest recorded value was 387,636 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 75,112 ha in 1970.
- How does China rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.