Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Niger
Niger: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 3,491 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Niger, 1995–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Niger stood at 3,491 ha. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of up 39.9% on the previous year and up 344.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Niger peaked at 3,491 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 170 ha, in 1995.
That places Niger 36th 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 Niger, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 170 ha | — |
| 1996 | 200 ha | +17.6% |
| 1997 | 230 ha | +15.0% |
| 1998 | 270 ha | +17.4% |
| 1999 | 300 ha | +11.1% |
| 2000 | 330 ha | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 370 ha | +12.1% |
| 2002 | 400 ha | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 430 ha | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 450 ha | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 470 ha | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 480 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 531 ha | +10.6% |
| 2008 | 2,553 ha | +380.8% |
| 2009 | 1,270 ha | -50.3% |
| 2010 | 2,260 ha | +78.0% |
| 2011 | 1,161 ha | -48.6% |
| 2012 | 1,006 ha | -13.4% |
| 2013 | 1,006 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 785 ha | -22.0% |
| 2015 | 279 ha | -64.5% |
| 2016 | 313 ha | +12.2% |
| 2017 | 454 ha | +45.0% |
| 2018 | 528 ha | +16.3% |
| 2019 | 681 ha | +29.0% |
| 2020 | 1,476 ha | +116.7% |
| 2021 | 1,649 ha | +11.7% |
| 2022 | 1,860 ha | +12.8% |
| 2023 | 2,496 ha | +34.2% |
| 2024 | 3,491 ha | +39.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 234 ha | 170 ha | 300 ha | 5 |
| 2000s | 728.4 ha | 330 ha | 2,553 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 847.3 ha | 279 ha | 2,260 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,194 ha | 1,476 ha | 3,491 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4759 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8163 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 47.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 47.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Niger?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Niger was 3,491 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 Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 3,491 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 170 ha in 1995.
- How does Niger rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Niger ranks 36th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 344.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Niger 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.