Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Cyprus
Cyprus: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 150 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Cyprus, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 150 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 7.1% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Cyprus peaked at 870 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 104 ha, in 2010.
That places Cyprus 72nd out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 602 ha | — |
| 1962 | 803 ha | +33.4% |
| 1963 | 870 ha | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 870 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 682 ha | -21.6% |
| 1966 | 669 ha | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 736 ha | +10.0% |
| 1968 | 776 ha | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 749 ha | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 602 ha | -19.6% |
| 1971 | 602 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 669 ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 602 ha | -10.0% |
| 1974 | 669 ha | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 401 ha | -40.1% |
| 1976 | 334 ha | -16.7% |
| 1977 | 428 ha | +28.1% |
| 1978 | 268 ha | -37.4% |
| 1979 | 247 ha | -7.8% |
| 1980 | 254 ha | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 268 ha | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 268 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 281 ha | +4.9% |
| 1984 | 334 ha | +18.9% |
| 1985 | 241 ha | -27.8% |
| 1986 | 268 ha | +11.2% |
| 1987 | 294 ha | +9.7% |
| 1988 | 335 ha | +13.9% |
| 1989 | 340 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 350 ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1992 | 380 ha | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 400 ha | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 230 ha | -42.5% |
| 1995 | 225 ha | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 230 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 225 ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 240 ha | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 235 ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 235 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 235 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 212 ha | -9.8% |
| 2004 | 212 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 200 ha | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 198 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 190 ha | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 160 ha | -15.8% |
| 2009 | 117 ha | -26.9% |
| 2010 | 104 ha | -11.1% |
| 2011 | 113 ha | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 145 ha | +28.3% |
| 2013 | 147 ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 142 ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 170 ha | +19.7% |
| 2016 | 153 ha | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 146 ha | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 140 ha | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 140 ha | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 750.78 ha | 602 ha | 870 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 482.2 ha | 247 ha | 669 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 288.3 ha | 241 ha | 340 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 292 ha | 225 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 199.4 ha | 117 ha | 235 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 140 ha | 104 ha | 170 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 144 ha | 140 ha | 150 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Cyprus?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Cyprus was 150 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 Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 870 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 104 ha in 2010.
- How does Cyprus rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Cyprus ranks 72nd out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.