Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 5,677 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Japan stood at 5,677 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and down 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Japan peaked at 18,100 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 5,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Japan 24th 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 Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,800 ha | +16.0% |
| 1963 | 6,650 ha | +14.7% |
| 1964 | 7,470 ha | +12.3% |
| 1965 | 8,200 ha | +9.8% |
| 1966 | 8,870 ha | +8.2% |
| 1967 | 9,510 ha | +7.2% |
| 1968 | 9,820 ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 10,610 ha | +8.0% |
| 1970 | 11,770 ha | +10.9% |
| 1971 | 12,520 ha | +6.4% |
| 1972 | 13,140 ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 13,440 ha | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 12,610 ha | -6.2% |
| 1975 | 12,360 ha | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 12,370 ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 13,180 ha | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 13,770 ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 13,970 ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 14,310 ha | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 14,570 ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 15,380 ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 16,080 ha | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 16,380 ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 16,470 ha | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 16,750 ha | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 17,420 ha | +4.0% |
| 1988 | 17,630 ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 17,900 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 18,100 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 18,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 17,740 ha | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 17,310 ha | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 16,930 ha | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 16,400 ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 16,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 15,400 ha | -6.1% |
| 1998 | 15,300 ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 14,300 ha | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 13,800 ha | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 13,300 ha | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 12,700 ha | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 11,900 ha | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 11,100 ha | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 10,400 ha | -6.3% |
| 2006 | 9,830 ha | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 9,530 ha | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 9,210 ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 8,870 ha | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 8,560 ha | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 8,180 ha | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 7,860 ha | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 7,560 ha | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 7,300 ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 7,080 ha | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 6,950 ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 6,770 ha | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 6,630 ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 6,410 ha | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 6,250 ha | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 6,090 ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 5,790 ha | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 5,640 ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 5,677 ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,992 ha | 5,000 ha | 10,610 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,913 ha | 11,770 ha | 13,970 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,289 ha | 14,310 ha | 17,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,598 ha | 14,300 ha | 18,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,064 ha | 8,870 ha | 13,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,330 ha | 6,410 ha | 8,560 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,889 ha | 5,640 ha | 6,250 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Japan?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Japan was 5,677 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 18,100 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Japan rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 24th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Japan 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.