Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 2,900 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 2,900 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and down 46.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Greece peaked at 10,580 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 2,810 ha, in 2023.
That places Greece 40th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,195 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,617 ha | -5.7% |
| 1963 | 10,580 ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 10,350 ha | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 8,650 ha | -16.4% |
| 1966 | 9,770 ha | +12.9% |
| 1967 | 9,390 ha | -3.9% |
| 1968 | 9,610 ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 8,840 ha | -8.0% |
| 1970 | 8,000 ha | -9.5% |
| 1971 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 8,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 7,592 ha | -7.4% |
| 1974 | 6,400 ha | -15.7% |
| 1975 | 6,900 ha | +7.8% |
| 1976 | 7,100 ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 7,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 7,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 8,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 7,700 ha | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 7,500 ha | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 8,100 ha | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 8,700 ha | +7.4% |
| 1984 | 7,700 ha | -11.5% |
| 1985 | 8,339 ha | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 8,800 ha | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 9,700 ha | +10.2% |
| 1988 | 9,400 ha | -3.1% |
| 1989 | 9,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 8,147 ha | -9.5% |
| 1991 | 7,400 ha | -9.2% |
| 1992 | 7,900 ha | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 8,293 ha | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 8,284 ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 8,991 ha | +8.5% |
| 1996 | 8,768 ha | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 8,983 ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 9,214 ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 8,946 ha | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 8,822 ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 8,505 ha | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 8,412 ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 8,475 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 8,390 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 8,068 ha | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 7,969 ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 8,359 ha | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 8,928 ha | +6.8% |
| 2009 | 8,904 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 8,924 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 8,510 ha | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 7,812 ha | -8.2% |
| 2013 | 7,732 ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 5,379 ha | -30.4% |
| 2015 | 5,381 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 4,782 ha | -11.1% |
| 2017 | 4,384 ha | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 3,740 ha | -14.7% |
| 2019 | 3,290 ha | -12.0% |
| 2020 | 3,470 ha | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 3,760 ha | +8.4% |
| 2022 | 3,010 ha | -19.9% |
| 2023 | 2,810 ha | -6.6% |
| 2024 | 2,900 ha | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,667 ha | 8,650 ha | 10,580 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,479 ha | 6,400 ha | 8,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,494 ha | 7,500 ha | 9,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,493 ha | 7,400 ha | 9,214 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,483 ha | 7,969 ha | 8,928 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,993 ha | 3,290 ha | 8,924 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,190 ha | 2,810 ha | 3,760 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Greece?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Greece was 2,900 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 10,580 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,810 ha in 2023.
- How does Greece rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 40th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece 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.