Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Kuwait
Kuwait: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 24 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Kuwait, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Kuwait stood at 24 ha.
That represents a change of down 22.6% on the previous year and down 75.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Kuwait peaked at 379 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 8 ha, in 1992.
Kuwait ranks 86th of 105 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80 ha | — |
| 1962 | 90 ha | +12.5% |
| 1963 | 95 ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 100 ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 110 ha | +10.0% |
| 1968 | 120 ha | +9.1% |
| 1969 | 150 ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 117 ha | -22.0% |
| 1974 | 113 ha | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 141 ha | +24.8% |
| 1976 | 164 ha | +16.3% |
| 1977 | 198 ha | +20.7% |
| 1978 | 186 ha | -6.1% |
| 1979 | 126 ha | -32.3% |
| 1980 | 136 ha | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 94 ha | -30.9% |
| 1982 | 175 ha | +86.2% |
| 1983 | 228 ha | +30.3% |
| 1984 | 70 ha | -69.3% |
| 1985 | 255 ha | +264.3% |
| 1986 | 379 ha | +48.6% |
| 1987 | 250 ha | -34.0% |
| 1988 | 200 ha | -20.0% |
| 1989 | 122 ha | -39.0% |
| 1990 | 120 ha | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 70 ha | -41.7% |
| 1992 | 8 ha | -88.6% |
| 1993 | 43 ha | +437.5% |
| 1994 | 30 ha | -30.2% |
| 1995 | 53 ha | +76.7% |
| 1996 | 48 ha | -9.4% |
| 1997 | 59 ha | +22.9% |
| 1998 | 60 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 65 ha | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 46 ha | -29.2% |
| 2001 | 32 ha | -30.4% |
| 2002 | 41 ha | +28.1% |
| 2003 | 31 ha | -24.4% |
| 2004 | 38 ha | +22.6% |
| 2005 | 82 ha | +115.8% |
| 2006 | 117 ha | +42.7% |
| 2007 | 137 ha | +17.1% |
| 2008 | 88 ha | -35.8% |
| 2009 | 95 ha | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 80 ha | -15.8% |
| 2011 | 68 ha | -15.0% |
| 2012 | 71 ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 208 ha | +193.0% |
| 2014 | 98 ha | -52.9% |
| 2015 | 95 ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 103 ha | +8.4% |
| 2018 | 74 ha | -28.2% |
| 2019 | 47 ha | -36.5% |
| 2020 | 60 ha | +27.7% |
| 2021 | 26 ha | -56.7% |
| 2022 | 30 ha | +15.4% |
| 2023 | 31 ha | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 24 ha | -22.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 105 ha | 80 ha | 150 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 149.5 ha | 113 ha | 198 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 190.9 ha | 70 ha | 379 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 55.6 ha | 8 ha | 120 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 70.7 ha | 31 ha | 137 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.9 ha | 47 ha | 208 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.2 ha | 24 ha | 60 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Kuwait?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Kuwait was 24 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 Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 379 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 ha in 1992.
- How does Kuwait rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Kuwait ranks 86th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 75.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.