Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 7,192 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Morocco stood at 7,192 ha.
The figure is down 38.1% on the previous year and down 68.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 27,340 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 3,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Morocco 22nd out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1965 | 8,674 ha | +44.6% |
| 1966 | 7,392 ha | -14.8% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | +8.2% |
| 1968 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1969 | 8,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1970 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 8,100 ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 8,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 8,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 8,600 ha | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 9,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1978 | 12,700 ha | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 13,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1981 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1982 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1984 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1986 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 21,700 ha | +8.5% |
| 1988 | 18,800 ha | -13.4% |
| 1989 | 21,744 ha | +15.7% |
| 1990 | 21,835 ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 20,519 ha | -6.0% |
| 1992 | 26,099 ha | +27.2% |
| 1993 | 19,330 ha | -25.9% |
| 1994 | 24,820 ha | +28.4% |
| 1995 | 12,585 ha | -49.3% |
| 1996 | 21,130 ha | +67.9% |
| 1997 | 23,730 ha | +12.3% |
| 1998 | 19,250 ha | -18.9% |
| 1999 | 19,395 ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 21,100 ha | +8.8% |
| 2001 | 21,934 ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 24,085 ha | +9.8% |
| 2003 | 21,895 ha | -9.1% |
| 2004 | 24,810 ha | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 27,340 ha | +10.2% |
| 2006 | 22,830 ha | -16.5% |
| 2007 | 24,245 ha | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 23,432 ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 25,509 ha | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 21,898 ha | -14.2% |
| 2011 | 24,770 ha | +13.1% |
| 2012 | 20,982 ha | -15.3% |
| 2013 | 21,637 ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 22,625 ha | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 20,844 ha | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 18,184 ha | -12.8% |
| 2017 | 20,163 ha | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 16,716 ha | -17.1% |
| 2019 | 13,594 ha | -18.7% |
| 2020 | 16,830 ha | +23.8% |
| 2021 | 16,107 ha | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 14,698 ha | -8.7% |
| 2023 | 11,622 ha | -20.9% |
| 2024 | 7,192 ha | -38.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,230 ha | 3,000 ha | 9,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,770 ha | 8,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,124 ha | 14,000 ha | 21,744 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,869 ha | 12,585 ha | 26,099 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,718 ha | 21,100 ha | 27,340 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,141 ha | 13,594 ha | 24,770 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,290 ha | 7,192 ha | 16,830 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Morocco?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Morocco was 7,192 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 Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 27,340 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Morocco rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 22nd out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 68.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.