Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 103,207 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 103,207 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.8% on the previous year and up 90.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 115,395 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 9,815 ha, in 1974.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,050 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,050 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,101 ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 10,102 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,112 ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 10,223 ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 10,013 ha | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 10,324 ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 10,299 ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 10,143 ha | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 10,434 ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 9,969 ha | -4.5% |
| 1973 | 9,886 ha | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 9,815 ha | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 10,970 ha | +11.8% |
| 1976 | 13,005 ha | +18.6% |
| 1977 | 11,754 ha | -9.6% |
| 1978 | 12,065 ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 14,733 ha | +22.1% |
| 1980 | 14,789 ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 14,288 ha | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 14,377 ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 15,408 ha | +7.2% |
| 1984 | 14,312 ha | -7.1% |
| 1985 | 15,155 ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 15,852 ha | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 15,891 ha | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 15,686 ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 17,175 ha | +9.5% |
| 1990 | 18,809 ha | +9.5% |
| 1991 | 18,672 ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 18,656 ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 18,461 ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 19,049 ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 19,855 ha | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 20,240 ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 20,303 ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 20,854 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 21,561 ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 17,516 ha | -18.8% |
| 2001 | 18,938 ha | +8.1% |
| 2002 | 23,457 ha | +23.9% |
| 2003 | 29,507 ha | +25.8% |
| 2004 | 25,045 ha | -15.1% |
| 2005 | 26,504 ha | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 41,073 ha | +55.0% |
| 2007 | 41,756 ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 47,264 ha | +13.2% |
| 2009 | 56,787 ha | +20.1% |
| 2010 | 61,777 ha | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 52,658 ha | -14.8% |
| 2012 | 52,729 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 58,664 ha | +11.3% |
| 2014 | 54,293 ha | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 64,914 ha | +19.6% |
| 2016 | 110,205 ha | +69.8% |
| 2017 | 85,924 ha | -22.0% |
| 2018 | 69,788 ha | -18.8% |
| 2019 | 71,495 ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 92,264 ha | +29.0% |
| 2021 | 97,482 ha | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 115,395 ha | +18.4% |
| 2023 | 114,481 ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 103,207 ha | -9.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,142 ha | 10,013 ha | 10,324 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,277 ha | 9,815 ha | 14,733 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,293 ha | 14,288 ha | 17,175 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,646 ha | 18,461 ha | 21,561 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,785 ha | 17,516 ha | 56,787 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 68,245 ha | 52,658 ha | 110,205 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 104,566 ha | 92,264 ha | 115,395 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 China 380,808 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 377,305 ha compare
- 3 India 66,614 ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 56,481 ha compare
- 4 Afghanistan 64,800 ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 60,429 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 103,207 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 115,395 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,815 ha in 1974.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 13 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.