Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 185,952 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) recorded 185,952 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.1% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 229,171 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 40,308 ha, in 1961.
That places Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4th out of 27 groups 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40,308 ha | — |
| 1962 | 42,194 ha | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 42,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 45,325 ha | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 49,404 ha | +9.0% |
| 1966 | 44,381 ha | -10.2% |
| 1967 | 47,743 ha | +7.6% |
| 1968 | 51,167 ha | +7.2% |
| 1969 | 45,583 ha | -10.9% |
| 1970 | 46,057 ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 49,907 ha | +8.4% |
| 1972 | 52,168 ha | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 53,306 ha | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 55,702 ha | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 61,844 ha | +11.0% |
| 1976 | 64,513 ha | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 57,497 ha | -10.9% |
| 1978 | 62,198 ha | +8.2% |
| 1979 | 70,968 ha | +14.1% |
| 1980 | 75,953 ha | +7.0% |
| 1981 | 81,645 ha | +7.5% |
| 1982 | 81,295 ha | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 88,574 ha | +9.0% |
| 1984 | 88,935 ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 90,731 ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 95,057 ha | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 105,242 ha | +10.7% |
| 1988 | 103,423 ha | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 108,930 ha | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 115,198 ha | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 114,824 ha | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 117,495 ha | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 107,861 ha | -8.2% |
| 1994 | 116,171 ha | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 105,567 ha | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 122,573 ha | +16.1% |
| 1997 | 122,750 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 120,724 ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 128,892 ha | +6.8% |
| 2000 | 125,925 ha | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 127,993 ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 123,664 ha | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 131,585 ha | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 133,093 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 135,648 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 155,985 ha | +15.0% |
| 2007 | 152,611 ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 164,217 ha | +7.6% |
| 2009 | 176,310 ha | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 186,513 ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 184,549 ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 165,183 ha | -10.5% |
| 2013 | 170,995 ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 169,538 ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 179,256 ha | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 225,385 ha | +25.7% |
| 2017 | 182,886 ha | -18.9% |
| 2018 | 164,891 ha | -9.8% |
| 2019 | 146,049 ha | -11.4% |
| 2020 | 168,468 ha | +15.4% |
| 2021 | 190,466 ha | +13.1% |
| 2022 | 229,171 ha | +20.3% |
| 2023 | 204,604 ha | -10.7% |
| 2024 | 185,952 ha | -9.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,445 ha | 40,308 ha | 51,167 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 57,416 ha | 46,057 ha | 70,968 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 91,978 ha | 75,953 ha | 108,930 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 117,206 ha | 105,567 ha | 128,892 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 142,703 ha | 123,664 ha | 176,310 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 177,524 ha | 146,049 ha | 225,385 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 195,732 ha | 168,468 ha | 229,171 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 1 China 380,808 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 377,305 ha compare
- 3 India 66,614 ha compare
- 4 Afghanistan 64,800 ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 60,429 ha compare
- 6 Brazil 31,287 ha compare
- 7 Italy 26,280 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 185,952 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 229,171 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,308 ha in 1961.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.