Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 7,598 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea stood at 7,598 ha.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 11,600 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1,800 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1972 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,200 ha | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 3,500 ha | +9.4% |
| 1976 | 4,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1977 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1978 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1980 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 6,700 ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 7,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 7,800 ha | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 8,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 7,960 ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 9,000 ha | +13.1% |
| 1992 | 9,100 ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 9,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 9,500 ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 9,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1996 | 9,204 ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 9,409 ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 9,500 ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 9,793 ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 10,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 10,500 ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 11,400 ha | +8.6% |
| 2004 | 10,500 ha | -7.9% |
| 2005 | 11,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 10,695 ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 11,300 ha | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 11,500 ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 11,600 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 9,904 ha | -14.6% |
| 2011 | 8,000 ha | -19.2% |
| 2012 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 8,144 ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 8,078 ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 7,932 ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 7,736 ha | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 7,531 ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 7,919 ha | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 8,046 ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 7,707 ha | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 7,580 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 7,506 ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 7,598 ha | +1.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +25.0% | 2,400 ha | 3,000 ha |
| 1977 | +25.0% | 4,000 ha | 5,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,156 ha | 1,800 ha | 2,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,860 ha | 2,400 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,450 ha | 6,500 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,177 ha | 7,960 ha | 9,793 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,900 ha | 10,000 ha | 11,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,124 ha | 7,531 ha | 9,904 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,687 ha | 7,506 ha | 8,046 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 7,598 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 Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 11,600 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,800 ha in 1961.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 6th out of 13 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Democratic People's Republic of Korea 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.