Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 37 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Melanesia stood at 37 ha.
The figure is down 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 91 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 35 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35 ha | — |
| 1962 | 40 ha | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 46 ha | +15.0% |
| 1964 | 57 ha | +23.9% |
| 1965 | 52 ha | -8.8% |
| 1966 | 53 ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 53 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 54 ha | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 50 ha | -7.4% |
| 1970 | 45 ha | -10.0% |
| 1971 | 46 ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 42 ha | -8.7% |
| 1973 | 42 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 43 ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 44 ha | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 44 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 45 ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 45 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 46 ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 47 ha | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 48 ha | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 43 ha | -10.4% |
| 1983 | 44 ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 45 ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 46 ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 46 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 47 ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 47 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 47 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 50 ha | +6.4% |
| 1991 | 51 ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 91 ha | +78.4% |
| 1993 | 37 ha | -59.3% |
| 1994 | 66 ha | +78.4% |
| 1995 | 38 ha | -42.4% |
| 1996 | 43 ha | +13.2% |
| 1997 | 42 ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 52 ha | +23.8% |
| 1999 | 50 ha | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 51 ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 60 ha | +17.6% |
| 2002 | 52 ha | -13.3% |
| 2003 | 51 ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 51 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 51 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 52 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 50 ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 47 ha | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 43 ha | -8.5% |
| 2010 | 47 ha | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 46 ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 39 ha | -15.2% |
| 2013 | 47 ha | +20.5% |
| 2014 | 47 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 49 ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 46 ha | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 46 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 44 ha | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 37 ha | -15.9% |
| 2020 | 39 ha | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 38 ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 36 ha | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 37 ha | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 37 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48.89 ha | 35 ha | 57 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 44.2 ha | 42 ha | 46 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 46 ha | 43 ha | 48 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 52 ha | 37 ha | 91 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 50.8 ha | 43 ha | 60 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.8 ha | 37 ha | 49 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.4 ha | 36 ha | 39 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Melanesia was 37 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 Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 91 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 35 ha in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 13th out of 13 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.