Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Israel
Israel: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 1,371 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Israel stood at 1,371 ha.
The figure is up 6.6% on the previous year and down 29.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Israel peaked at 4,820 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 1,251 ha, in 2018.
Israel ranks 56th of 105 countries on this measure, 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 Israel, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,150 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,340 ha | +8.8% |
| 1963 | 2,325 ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 2,505 ha | +7.7% |
| 1965 | 2,535 ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 2,650 ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 2,740 ha | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 2,480 ha | -9.5% |
| 1969 | 2,390 ha | -3.6% |
| 1970 | 2,220 ha | -7.1% |
| 1971 | 2,175 ha | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 2,520 ha | +15.9% |
| 1973 | 1,920 ha | -23.8% |
| 1974 | 2,290 ha | +19.3% |
| 1975 | 1,660 ha | -27.5% |
| 1976 | 1,880 ha | +13.3% |
| 1977 | 2,050 ha | +9.0% |
| 1978 | 2,650 ha | +29.3% |
| 1979 | 2,870 ha | +8.3% |
| 1980 | 2,980 ha | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 3,550 ha | +19.1% |
| 1982 | 2,600 ha | -26.8% |
| 1983 | 2,760 ha | +6.2% |
| 1984 | 3,060 ha | +10.9% |
| 1985 | 3,460 ha | +13.1% |
| 1986 | 3,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 4,160 ha | +15.6% |
| 1988 | 4,160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,200 ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 4,690 ha | +11.7% |
| 1991 | 4,671 ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 4,820 ha | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 4,730 ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 4,030 ha | -14.8% |
| 1995 | 4,115 ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 3,090 ha | -24.9% |
| 1997 | 2,930 ha | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 2,800 ha | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 3,290 ha | +17.5% |
| 2000 | 3,480 ha | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 3,170 ha | -8.9% |
| 2002 | 2,897 ha | -8.6% |
| 2003 | 1,908 ha | -34.1% |
| 2004 | 1,660 ha | -13.0% |
| 2005 | 1,660 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,980 ha | +19.3% |
| 2007 | 1,500 ha | -24.2% |
| 2008 | 1,750 ha | +16.7% |
| 2009 | 1,500 ha | -14.3% |
| 2010 | 1,768 ha | +17.9% |
| 2011 | 1,891 ha | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 2,160 ha | +14.2% |
| 2013 | 1,794 ha | -16.9% |
| 2014 | 1,930 ha | +7.6% |
| 2015 | 1,421 ha | -26.4% |
| 2016 | 1,399 ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 1,552 ha | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 1,251 ha | -19.4% |
| 2019 | 1,522 ha | +21.7% |
| 2020 | 1,561 ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 1,653 ha | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 1,288 ha | -22.1% |
| 2023 | 1,286 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,371 ha | +6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,457 ha | 2,150 ha | 2,740 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,224 ha | 1,660 ha | 2,870 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,453 ha | 2,600 ha | 4,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,917 ha | 2,800 ha | 4,820 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,150 ha | 1,500 ha | 3,480 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,669 ha | 1,251 ha | 2,160 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,432 ha | 1,286 ha | 1,653 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Israel?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Israel was 1,371 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 Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 4,820 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,251 ha in 2018.
- How does Israel rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Israel ranks 56th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Israel 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.