Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 26,280 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Italy stood at 26,280 ha.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Italy peaked at 28,199 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 11,544 ha, in 1974.
That places Italy 7th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,198 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,290 ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 13,951 ha | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 13,456 ha | -3.5% |
| 1965 | 13,477 ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 13,284 ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 13,797 ha | +3.9% |
| 1968 | 13,762 ha | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 12,976 ha | -5.7% |
| 1970 | 13,117 ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 12,341 ha | -5.9% |
| 1972 | 12,502 ha | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 11,783 ha | -5.8% |
| 1974 | 11,544 ha | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 11,753 ha | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 12,633 ha | +7.5% |
| 1977 | 12,560 ha | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 12,817 ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 13,242 ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 13,415 ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 13,437 ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 15,787 ha | +17.5% |
| 1983 | 15,883 ha | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 15,766 ha | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 15,858 ha | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 16,485 ha | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 17,102 ha | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 17,086 ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 18,937 ha | +10.8% |
| 1990 | 18,152 ha | -4.1% |
| 1991 | 19,220 ha | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 19,671 ha | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 18,865 ha | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 20,446 ha | +8.4% |
| 1995 | 21,795 ha | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 21,821 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 23,585 ha | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 24,977 ha | +5.9% |
| 1999 | 23,948 ha | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 23,082 ha | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 24,260 ha | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 24,748 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 26,783 ha | +8.2% |
| 2004 | 26,627 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 27,815 ha | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 27,778 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 25,947 ha | -6.6% |
| 2008 | 28,199 ha | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 25,941 ha | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 27,684 ha | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 23,173 ha | -16.3% |
| 2012 | 23,247 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 24,538 ha | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 25,028 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 24,796 ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 24,716 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 23,970 ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 24,400 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 24,020 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 23,760 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 23,530 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 22,890 ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 25,490 ha | +11.4% |
| 2024 | 26,280 ha | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,466 ha | 12,976 ha | 13,951 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,429 ha | 11,544 ha | 13,242 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,976 ha | 13,415 ha | 18,937 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,248 ha | 18,152 ha | 24,977 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,118 ha | 23,082 ha | 28,199 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,557 ha | 23,173 ha | 27,684 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,390 ha | 22,890 ha | 26,280 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 4 Afghanistan 64,800 ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 60,429 ha compare
- 6 Brazil 31,287 ha compare
- 8 Pakistan 19,762 ha compare
- 9 Bangladesh 19,447 ha compare
- 10 Mexico 18,487 ha compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Italy?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Italy was 26,280 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 28,199 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,544 ha in 1974.
- How does Italy rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 7th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.