Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 2,509 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1984–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 2,509 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 2,537 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 29 ha, in 2007.
Eastern Africa ranks 25th of 27 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 80 ha | — |
| 1985 | 140 ha | +75.0% |
| 1986 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 175 ha | +9.4% |
| 1989 | 180 ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 190 ha | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 210 ha | +10.5% |
| 1992 | 213 ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 182 ha | -14.6% |
| 1994 | 156 ha | -14.3% |
| 1995 | 147 ha | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 139 ha | -5.4% |
| 1997 | 137 ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 132 ha | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 129 ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 113 ha | -12.4% |
| 2001 | 103 ha | -8.8% |
| 2002 | 91 ha | -11.7% |
| 2003 | 82 ha | -9.9% |
| 2004 | 71 ha | -13.4% |
| 2005 | 60 ha | -15.5% |
| 2006 | 49 ha | -18.3% |
| 2007 | 29 ha | -40.8% |
| 2008 | 31 ha | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 32 ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 34 ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 34 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,037 ha | +5891.2% |
| 2013 | 2,237 ha | +9.8% |
| 2014 | 2,336 ha | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 2,446 ha | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 2,340 ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 2,414 ha | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 2,459 ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 2,499 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 2,537 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 2,498 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 2,511 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,516 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,509 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 147.5 ha | 80 ha | 180 ha | 6 |
| 1990s | 163.5 ha | 129 ha | 213 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 66.1 ha | 29 ha | 113 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,884 ha | 34 ha | 2,499 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,514 ha | 2,498 ha | 2,537 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 2,509 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,537 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 29 ha in 2007.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 25th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.