Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 8,098 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Iraq stood at 8,098 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 60.8% on the previous year and down 45.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 39,725 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 5,035 ha, in 2023.
That places Iraq 18th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1963 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 14,000 ha | +27.3% |
| 1965 | 16,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1966 | 16,850 ha | +5.3% |
| 1967 | 16,392 ha | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 17,800 ha | +8.6% |
| 1969 | 16,752 ha | -5.9% |
| 1970 | 18,911 ha | +12.9% |
| 1971 | 18,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1972 | 17,500 ha | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 12,957 ha | -26.0% |
| 1974 | 8,485 ha | -34.5% |
| 1975 | 9,795 ha | +15.4% |
| 1976 | 10,686 ha | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 12,224 ha | +14.4% |
| 1978 | 13,461 ha | +10.1% |
| 1979 | 13,075 ha | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 18,025 ha | +37.9% |
| 1981 | 25,750 ha | +42.9% |
| 1982 | 36,575 ha | +42.0% |
| 1983 | 31,550 ha | -13.7% |
| 1984 | 34,550 ha | +9.5% |
| 1985 | 39,725 ha | +15.0% |
| 1986 | 36,500 ha | -8.1% |
| 1987 | 31,725 ha | -13.1% |
| 1988 | 26,825 ha | -15.4% |
| 1989 | 28,350 ha | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 28,625 ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 11,700 ha | -59.1% |
| 1992 | 22,000 ha | +88.0% |
| 1993 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 21,000 ha | -8.7% |
| 1995 | 21,679 ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 21,971 ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 21,550 ha | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 22,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 20,910 ha | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 21,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 21,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 17,000 ha | -19.0% |
| 2003 | 18,750 ha | +10.3% |
| 2004 | 25,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2005 | 24,750 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 25,250 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 22,500 ha | -10.9% |
| 2008 | 21,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 2009 | 21,350 ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 15,723 ha | -26.4% |
| 2011 | 16,227 ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 16,698 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 17,866 ha | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 14,720 ha | -17.6% |
| 2015 | 7,076 ha | -51.9% |
| 2016 | 6,449 ha | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 8,529 ha | +32.3% |
| 2018 | 9,508 ha | +11.5% |
| 2019 | 12,579 ha | +32.3% |
| 2020 | 13,774 ha | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 15,769 ha | +14.5% |
| 2022 | 12,597 ha | -20.1% |
| 2023 | 5,035 ha | -60.0% |
| 2024 | 8,098 ha | +60.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,422 ha | 10,000 ha | 17,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,509 ha | 8,485 ha | 18,911 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,958 ha | 18,025 ha | 39,725 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,444 ha | 11,700 ha | 28,625 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,810 ha | 17,000 ha | 25,250 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,538 ha | 6,449 ha | 17,866 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,055 ha | 5,035 ha | 15,769 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Iraq
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -8.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0341 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 184.67 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3006 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 3.41 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.41 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2014)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Iraq?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Iraq was 8,098 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 39,725 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,035 ha in 2023.
- How does Iraq rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 18th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq 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.