Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in French Polynesia
French Polynesia: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 41 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in French Polynesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
French Polynesia recorded 41 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 272.7% on the previous year and down 59.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in French Polynesia peaked at 147 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5 ha, in 1961.
That places French Polynesia 81st out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 French Polynesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6 ha | +20.0% |
| 1967 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 25 ha | +316.7% |
| 1975 | 40 ha | +60.0% |
| 1976 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 50 ha | +25.0% |
| 1979 | 40 ha | -20.0% |
| 1980 | 80 ha | +100.0% |
| 1981 | 70 ha | -12.5% |
| 1982 | 40 ha | -42.9% |
| 1983 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 32 ha | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 30 ha | -6.2% |
| 1993 | 35 ha | +16.7% |
| 1994 | 30 ha | -14.3% |
| 1995 | 32 ha | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 33 ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 34 ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 23 ha | -32.4% |
| 1999 | 24 ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 26 ha | +8.3% |
| 2001 | 31 ha | +19.2% |
| 2002 | 30 ha | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 33 ha | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 58 ha | +75.8% |
| 2005 | 83 ha | +43.1% |
| 2006 | 87 ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 87 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 48 ha | -44.8% |
| 2009 | 86 ha | +79.2% |
| 2010 | 105 ha | +22.1% |
| 2011 | 105 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 115 ha | +9.5% |
| 2013 | 125 ha | +8.7% |
| 2014 | 101 ha | -19.2% |
| 2015 | 102 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 104 ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 102 ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 100 ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 110 ha | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 69 ha | -37.3% |
| 2021 | 147 ha | +113.0% |
| 2022 | 43 ha | -70.7% |
| 2023 | 11 ha | -74.4% |
| 2024 | 41 ha | +272.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.44 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25.9 ha | 6 ha | 50 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 47 ha | 40 ha | 80 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 31.3 ha | 23 ha | 40 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 56.9 ha | 26 ha | 87 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 106.9 ha | 100 ha | 125 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.2 ha | 11 ha | 147 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near French Polynesia
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0222 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 442.4 current US$ per person (2020)
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- Rural population, per capita 0.3824 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.22 (2020)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in French Polynesia?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in French Polynesia was 41 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 French Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 147 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in French Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 ha in 1961.
- How does French Polynesia rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- French Polynesia ranks 81st out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in French Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this French Polynesia 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.