Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 17,617 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 17,617 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 13.0% on the previous year and down 53.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 42,313 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 4,459 ha, in 2019.
Egypt ranks 11th 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 Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,703 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,648 ha | +7.4% |
| 1963 | 14,831 ha | +8.7% |
| 1964 | 14,160 ha | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 14,441 ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 13,529 ha | -6.3% |
| 1967 | 13,742 ha | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 12,182 ha | -11.4% |
| 1969 | 10,922 ha | -10.3% |
| 1970 | 11,762 ha | +7.7% |
| 1971 | 12,602 ha | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 11,762 ha | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 11,762 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 12,602 ha | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 13,442 ha | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 14,548 ha | +8.2% |
| 1977 | 10,932 ha | -24.9% |
| 1978 | 12,887 ha | +17.9% |
| 1979 | 16,044 ha | +24.5% |
| 1980 | 17,163 ha | +7.0% |
| 1981 | 17,866 ha | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 18,609 ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 17,640 ha | -5.2% |
| 1984 | 18,900 ha | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 19,320 ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 23,100 ha | +19.6% |
| 1987 | 23,525 ha | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 26,099 ha | +10.9% |
| 1989 | 26,942 ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 21,393 ha | -20.6% |
| 1991 | 23,480 ha | +9.8% |
| 1992 | 21,000 ha | -10.6% |
| 1993 | 18,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1994 | 16,800 ha | -6.7% |
| 1995 | 17,171 ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 22,874 ha | +33.2% |
| 1997 | 23,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 22,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 32,000 ha | +45.5% |
| 2000 | 35,500 ha | +10.9% |
| 2001 | 37,007 ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 22,142 ha | -40.2% |
| 2003 | 23,711 ha | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 23,872 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 24,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 39,450 ha | +64.4% |
| 2007 | 32,375 ha | -17.9% |
| 2008 | 38,661 ha | +19.4% |
| 2009 | 38,492 ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 41,484 ha | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 42,313 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 40,218 ha | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 35,392 ha | -12.0% |
| 2014 | 37,518 ha | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 36,657 ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 40,774 ha | +11.2% |
| 2017 | 24,111 ha | -40.9% |
| 2018 | 25,621 ha | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 4,459 ha | -82.6% |
| 2020 | 4,950 ha | +11.0% |
| 2021 | 24,032 ha | +385.5% |
| 2022 | 38,796 ha | +61.4% |
| 2023 | 20,259 ha | -47.8% |
| 2024 | 17,617 ha | -13.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,351 ha | 10,922 ha | 14,831 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,834 ha | 10,932 ha | 16,044 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,916 ha | 17,163 ha | 26,942 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,772 ha | 16,800 ha | 32,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,521 ha | 22,142 ha | 39,450 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,855 ha | 4,459 ha | 42,313 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,131 ha | 4,950 ha | 38,796 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Egypt?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Egypt was 17,617 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 42,313 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,459 ha in 2019.
- How does Egypt rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 11th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.