Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Jordan
Jordan: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 1,644 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 1,644 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Jordan peaked at 4,750 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 583 ha, in 1976.
Jordan ranks 52nd of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Jordan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,890 ha | +17.9% |
| 1964 | 4,210 ha | +8.2% |
| 1965 | 4,750 ha | +12.8% |
| 1966 | 1,650 ha | -65.3% |
| 1967 | 1,573 ha | -4.7% |
| 1968 | 1,864 ha | +18.5% |
| 1969 | 1,374 ha | -26.3% |
| 1970 | 693 ha | -49.6% |
| 1971 | 942 ha | +35.9% |
| 1972 | 1,251 ha | +32.8% |
| 1973 | 1,770 ha | +41.5% |
| 1974 | 1,230 ha | -30.5% |
| 1975 | 923 ha | -25.0% |
| 1976 | 583 ha | -36.8% |
| 1977 | 913 ha | +56.6% |
| 1978 | 1,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1979 | 623 ha | -37.7% |
| 1980 | 1,059 ha | +70.0% |
| 1981 | 1,512 ha | +42.8% |
| 1982 | 1,526 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 1,578 ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 1,524 ha | -3.4% |
| 1985 | 1,400 ha | -8.1% |
| 1986 | 1,359 ha | -2.9% |
| 1987 | 2,474 ha | +82.0% |
| 1988 | 2,917 ha | +17.9% |
| 1989 | 1,855 ha | -36.4% |
| 1990 | 2,375 ha | +28.0% |
| 1991 | 2,179 ha | -8.3% |
| 1992 | 1,605 ha | -26.3% |
| 1993 | 1,216 ha | -24.2% |
| 1994 | 1,592 ha | +30.9% |
| 1995 | 2,051 ha | +28.8% |
| 1996 | 826 ha | -59.7% |
| 1997 | 1,229 ha | +48.8% |
| 1998 | 1,320 ha | +7.4% |
| 1999 | 992 ha | -24.8% |
| 2000 | 1,200 ha | +21.0% |
| 2001 | 1,613 ha | +34.4% |
| 2002 | 1,007 ha | -37.6% |
| 2003 | 1,447 ha | +43.7% |
| 2004 | 657 ha | -54.6% |
| 2005 | 854 ha | +30.0% |
| 2006 | 721 ha | -15.6% |
| 2007 | 687 ha | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 671 ha | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 648 ha | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 819 ha | +26.4% |
| 2011 | 940 ha | +14.8% |
| 2012 | 875 ha | -6.9% |
| 2013 | 1,311 ha | +49.8% |
| 2014 | 1,419 ha | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 1,463 ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 1,128 ha | -22.9% |
| 2017 | 1,194 ha | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 1,561 ha | +30.7% |
| 2019 | 1,314 ha | -15.8% |
| 2020 | 906 ha | -31.1% |
| 2021 | 1,487 ha | +64.1% |
| 2022 | 2,213 ha | +48.8% |
| 2023 | 1,643 ha | -25.8% |
| 2024 | 1,644 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,879 ha | 1,374 ha | 4,750 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 992.8 ha | 583 ha | 1,770 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,720 ha | 1,059 ha | 2,917 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,538 ha | 826 ha | 2,375 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 950.5 ha | 648 ha | 1,613 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,202 ha | 819 ha | 1,561 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,579 ha | 906 ha | 2,213 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0556 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 297.43 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -3.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0679 units per person (2025)
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- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 5.56 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Jordan?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Jordan was 1,644 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 Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 4,750 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 583 ha in 1976.
- How does Jordan rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Jordan ranks 52nd out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Jordan 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.