Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 237 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in New Zealand is 237 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 387 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 20 ha, in 1961.
That places New Zealand 67th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20 ha | — |
| 1962 | 24 ha | +20.0% |
| 1963 | 28 ha | +16.7% |
| 1964 | 26 ha | -7.1% |
| 1965 | 26 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 25 ha | -3.8% |
| 1967 | 20 ha | -20.0% |
| 1968 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 25 ha | +25.0% |
| 1971 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 20 ha | -20.0% |
| 1973 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 25 ha | +25.0% |
| 1977 | 30 ha | +20.0% |
| 1978 | 36 ha | +20.0% |
| 1979 | 36 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 89 ha | +147.2% |
| 1981 | 52 ha | -41.6% |
| 1982 | 58 ha | +11.5% |
| 1983 | 70 ha | +20.7% |
| 1984 | 80 ha | +14.3% |
| 1985 | 100 ha | +25.0% |
| 1986 | 112 ha | +12.0% |
| 1987 | 142 ha | +26.8% |
| 1988 | 95 ha | -33.1% |
| 1989 | 76 ha | -20.0% |
| 1990 | 81 ha | +6.6% |
| 1991 | 118 ha | +45.7% |
| 1992 | 322 ha | +172.9% |
| 1993 | 326 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 376 ha | +15.3% |
| 1995 | 90 ha | -76.1% |
| 1996 | 143 ha | +58.9% |
| 1997 | 163 ha | +14.0% |
| 1998 | 175 ha | +7.4% |
| 1999 | 232 ha | +32.6% |
| 2000 | 316 ha | +36.2% |
| 2001 | 292 ha | -7.6% |
| 2002 | 387 ha | +32.5% |
| 2003 | 325 ha | -16.0% |
| 2004 | 80 ha | -75.4% |
| 2005 | 153 ha | +91.2% |
| 2006 | 150 ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 259 ha | +72.7% |
| 2008 | 250 ha | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 247 ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 261 ha | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 280 ha | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 273 ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 270 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 288 ha | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 261 ha | -9.4% |
| 2016 | 246 ha | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 211 ha | -14.2% |
| 2018 | 239 ha | +13.3% |
| 2019 | 232 ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 239 ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 237 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 236 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 237 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 237 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23.22 ha | 20 ha | 28 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25.7 ha | 20 ha | 36 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 87.4 ha | 52 ha | 142 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 202.6 ha | 81 ha | 376 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 245.9 ha | 80 ha | 387 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 256.1 ha | 211 ha | 288 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 237.2 ha | 236 ha | 239 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in New Zealand was 237 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 387 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 67th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.