Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in India
India: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 66,614 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in India stood at 66,614 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 80.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in India peaked at 75,000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 9,500 ha, in 1961.
India ranks 3rd of 105 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,800 ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 10,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 10,500 ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 10,900 ha | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 11,500 ha | +5.5% |
| 1967 | 12,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 12,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 12,600 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 13,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1972 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 15,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 16,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 18,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 20,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 1980 | 21,500 ha | +7.5% |
| 1981 | 22,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 23,500 ha | +6.8% |
| 1983 | 25,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1984 | 26,500 ha | +6.0% |
| 1985 | 28,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1986 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 29,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 29,500 ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 30,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 30,500 ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 29,000 ha | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 31,000 ha | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 31,184 ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 30,594 ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 30,734 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 31,300 ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 31,080 ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 30,961 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 31,003 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 31,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 31,261 ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 31,557 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 31,771 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 35,533 ha | +11.8% |
| 2005 | 36,925 ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 38,025 ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 39,160 ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 40,286 ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 41,391 ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 42,469 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 39,500 ha | -7.0% |
| 2012 | 38,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 42,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 37,000 ha | -11.9% |
| 2015 | 42,000 ha | +13.5% |
| 2016 | 45,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 50,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2018 | 54,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 57,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 61,000 ha | +7.0% |
| 2021 | 75,000 ha | +23.0% |
| 2022 | 68,000 ha | -9.3% |
| 2023 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 66,614 ha | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,033 ha | 9,500 ha | 12,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,400 ha | 13,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,300 ha | 21,500 ha | 30,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,736 ha | 29,000 ha | 31,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,741 ha | 31,261 ha | 41,391 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,697 ha | 37,000 ha | 57,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 67,723 ha | 61,000 ha | 75,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 1 China 380,808 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 377,305 ha compare
- 4 Afghanistan 64,800 ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 60,429 ha compare
- 6 Brazil 31,287 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in India?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in India was 66,614 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 75,000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,500 ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- India ranks 3rd out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India 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.