Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 982 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 982 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 96.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 2,024 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 167 ha, in 1971.
Lebanon ranks 58th 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 Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 180 ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 ha | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 300 ha | +50.0% |
| 1964 | 350 ha | +16.7% |
| 1965 | 375 ha | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 390 ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 236 ha | -39.5% |
| 1968 | 205 ha | -13.1% |
| 1969 | 225 ha | +9.8% |
| 1970 | 200 ha | -11.1% |
| 1971 | 167 ha | -16.5% |
| 1972 | 183 ha | +9.6% |
| 1973 | 201 ha | +9.8% |
| 1974 | 433 ha | +115.4% |
| 1975 | 500 ha | +15.5% |
| 1976 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1980 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1981 | 850 ha | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 900 ha | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 850 ha | -10.5% |
| 1985 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 900 ha | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 975 ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 1,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 1,150 ha | +15.0% |
| 1991 | 1,396 ha | +21.4% |
| 1992 | 1,415 ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 1,450 ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 1,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 1,738 ha | +8.6% |
| 1997 | 2,024 ha | +16.5% |
| 1998 | 900 ha | -55.5% |
| 1999 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 699 ha | -22.3% |
| 2001 | 465 ha | -33.5% |
| 2002 | 1,134 ha | +143.9% |
| 2003 | 426 ha | -62.4% |
| 2004 | 400 ha | -6.1% |
| 2005 | 300 ha | -25.0% |
| 2006 | 405 ha | +35.0% |
| 2007 | 388 ha | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 390 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 640 ha | +64.1% |
| 2010 | 1,031 ha | +61.1% |
| 2011 | 959 ha | -7.0% |
| 2012 | 777 ha | -19.0% |
| 2013 | 721 ha | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 500 ha | -30.7% |
| 2015 | 653 ha | +30.6% |
| 2016 | 766 ha | +17.3% |
| 2017 | 788 ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 650 ha | -17.5% |
| 2019 | 1,274 ha | +96.0% |
| 2020 | 904 ha | -29.0% |
| 2021 | 943 ha | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 1,040 ha | +10.3% |
| 2023 | 962 ha | -7.5% |
| 2024 | 982 ha | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 273.44 ha | 180 ha | 390 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 413.4 ha | 167 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 902.5 ha | 800 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,407 ha | 900 ha | 2,024 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 524.7 ha | 300 ha | 1,134 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 811.9 ha | 500 ha | 1,274 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 966.2 ha | 904 ha | 1,040 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0105 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 46.75 current US$ per person (2024)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0904 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.0% (2024)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Lebanon was 982 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 Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 2,024 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 167 ha in 1971.
- How does Lebanon rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 58th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 96.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lebanon 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.