Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 97,660 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) stood at 97,660 ha.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 67.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 113,986 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 14,297 ha, in 1973.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 7th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,680 ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,975 ha | +15.5% |
| 1963 | 32,706 ha | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 28,217 ha | -13.7% |
| 1965 | 28,138 ha | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 22,424 ha | -20.3% |
| 1967 | 33,190 ha | +48.0% |
| 1968 | 36,217 ha | +9.1% |
| 1969 | 25,472 ha | -29.7% |
| 1970 | 17,391 ha | -31.7% |
| 1971 | 22,456 ha | +29.1% |
| 1972 | 24,407 ha | +8.7% |
| 1973 | 14,297 ha | -41.4% |
| 1974 | 26,349 ha | +84.3% |
| 1975 | 24,641 ha | -6.5% |
| 1976 | 35,118 ha | +42.5% |
| 1977 | 34,697 ha | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 38,085 ha | +9.8% |
| 1979 | 42,376 ha | +11.3% |
| 1980 | 36,235 ha | -14.5% |
| 1981 | 41,346 ha | +14.1% |
| 1982 | 42,382 ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 40,329 ha | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 34,677 ha | -14.0% |
| 1985 | 48,411 ha | +39.6% |
| 1986 | 35,691 ha | -26.3% |
| 1987 | 31,028 ha | -13.1% |
| 1988 | 28,769 ha | -7.3% |
| 1989 | 26,919 ha | -6.4% |
| 1990 | 23,131 ha | -14.1% |
| 1991 | 24,184 ha | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 25,392 ha | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 25,301 ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 29,009 ha | +14.7% |
| 1995 | 26,665 ha | -8.1% |
| 1996 | 26,805 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 28,738 ha | +7.2% |
| 1998 | 29,561 ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 28,877 ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 26,544 ha | -8.1% |
| 2001 | 29,047 ha | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 37,645 ha | +29.6% |
| 2003 | 42,287 ha | +12.3% |
| 2004 | 35,846 ha | -15.2% |
| 2005 | 45,624 ha | +27.3% |
| 2006 | 55,055 ha | +20.7% |
| 2007 | 59,566 ha | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 57,130 ha | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 67,544 ha | +18.2% |
| 2010 | 68,299 ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 58,834 ha | -13.9% |
| 2012 | 53,441 ha | -9.2% |
| 2013 | 61,502 ha | +15.1% |
| 2014 | 58,368 ha | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 69,833 ha | +19.6% |
| 2016 | 113,986 ha | +63.2% |
| 2017 | 88,777 ha | -22.1% |
| 2018 | 68,487 ha | -22.9% |
| 2019 | 73,206 ha | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 95,897 ha | +31.0% |
| 2021 | 93,896 ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 102,376 ha | +9.0% |
| 2023 | 96,616 ha | -5.6% |
| 2024 | 97,660 ha | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,558 ha | 22,424 ha | 36,217 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,982 ha | 14,297 ha | 42,376 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 36,579 ha | 26,919 ha | 48,411 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,766 ha | 23,131 ha | 29,561 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 45,629 ha | 26,544 ha | 67,544 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 71,473 ha | 53,441 ha | 113,986 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 97,289 ha | 93,896 ha | 102,376 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 4 Afghanistan 64,800 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 25,658 ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 60,429 ha compare
- 6 Brazil 31,287 ha compare
- 6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 7,598 ha compare
- 7 Italy 26,280 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6,891 ha compare
- 8 Pakistan 19,762 ha compare
- 9 Bangladesh 19,447 ha compare
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 2,792 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,430 ha compare
- 10 Mexico 18,487 ha compare
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 3.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 1.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.9081 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 7.14 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 97,660 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 113,986 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,297 ha in 1973.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 7th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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.