Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 398,756 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Eastern Asia stood at 398,756 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Eastern Asia peaked at 407,628 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 98,216 ha, in 1970.
Eastern Asia ranks 2nd of 27 groups 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 Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 224,955 ha | — |
| 1962 | 165,570 ha | -26.4% |
| 1963 | 146,761 ha | -11.4% |
| 1964 | 133,392 ha | -9.1% |
| 1965 | 134,241 ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 131,653 ha | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 133,673 ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 128,733 ha | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 130,142 ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 98,216 ha | -24.5% |
| 1971 | 108,409 ha | +10.4% |
| 1972 | 108,130 ha | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 117,232 ha | +8.4% |
| 1974 | 117,694 ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 120,370 ha | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 122,363 ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 129,457 ha | +5.8% |
| 1978 | 136,047 ha | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 138,462 ha | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 136,655 ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 143,871 ha | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 159,376 ha | +10.8% |
| 1983 | 168,073 ha | +5.5% |
| 1984 | 176,925 ha | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 252,513 ha | +42.7% |
| 1986 | 271,486 ha | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 301,424 ha | +11.0% |
| 1988 | 302,805 ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 263,342 ha | -13.0% |
| 1990 | 209,126 ha | -20.6% |
| 1991 | 223,800 ha | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 247,164 ha | +10.4% |
| 1993 | 301,417 ha | +22.0% |
| 1994 | 300,521 ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 285,014 ha | -5.2% |
| 1996 | 290,068 ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 205,720 ha | -29.1% |
| 1998 | 247,155 ha | +20.1% |
| 1999 | 280,075 ha | +13.3% |
| 2000 | 352,775 ha | +26.0% |
| 2001 | 371,609 ha | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 407,628 ha | +9.7% |
| 2003 | 394,652 ha | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 356,366 ha | -9.7% |
| 2005 | 374,592 ha | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 381,599 ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 370,153 ha | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 368,851 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 372,290 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 384,685 ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 374,188 ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 360,665 ha | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 362,663 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 361,282 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 371,534 ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 371,222 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 371,908 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 402,825 ha | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 405,613 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 393,105 ha | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 401,422 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 399,992 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 397,462 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 398,756 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 147,680 ha | 128,733 ha | 224,955 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 119,638 ha | 98,216 ha | 138,462 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 217,647 ha | 136,655 ha | 302,805 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 259,006 ha | 205,720 ha | 301,417 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 375,052 ha | 352,775 ha | 407,628 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 376,658 ha | 360,665 ha | 405,613 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 398,147 ha | 393,105 ha | 401,422 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 1 China 380,808 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 377,305 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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- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -1.56 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Eastern Asia was 398,756 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 407,628 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 98,216 ha in 1970.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 2nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.