Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 38,565 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 38,565 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.6% on the previous year and down 47.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 83,159 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 18,263 ha, in 1961.
Northern Africa ranks 16th of 27 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,263 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,788 ha | +8.4% |
| 1963 | 20,321 ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 22,355 ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 25,125 ha | +12.4% |
| 1966 | 24,151 ha | -3.9% |
| 1967 | 25,062 ha | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 24,502 ha | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 22,042 ha | -10.0% |
| 1970 | 23,580 ha | +7.0% |
| 1971 | 24,371 ha | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 24,272 ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 25,112 ha | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 26,916 ha | +7.2% |
| 1975 | 28,748 ha | +6.8% |
| 1976 | 31,885 ha | +10.9% |
| 1977 | 30,804 ha | -3.4% |
| 1978 | 33,976 ha | +10.3% |
| 1979 | 38,364 ha | +12.9% |
| 1980 | 42,908 ha | +11.8% |
| 1981 | 42,716 ha | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 43,117 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 44,981 ha | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 46,772 ha | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 49,620 ha | +6.1% |
| 1986 | 56,000 ha | +12.9% |
| 1987 | 55,775 ha | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 53,379 ha | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 56,726 ha | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 54,348 ha | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 55,549 ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 58,224 ha | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 45,980 ha | -21.0% |
| 1994 | 51,646 ha | +12.3% |
| 1995 | 37,523 ha | -27.3% |
| 1996 | 54,468 ha | +45.2% |
| 1997 | 57,203 ha | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 51,608 ha | -9.8% |
| 1999 | 65,045 ha | +26.0% |
| 2000 | 67,680 ha | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 70,088 ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 59,427 ha | -15.2% |
| 2003 | 60,518 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 63,922 ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 67,275 ha | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 76,289 ha | +13.4% |
| 2007 | 70,376 ha | -7.8% |
| 2008 | 77,053 ha | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 78,419 ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 77,833 ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 83,159 ha | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 73,709 ha | -11.4% |
| 2013 | 69,719 ha | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 72,965 ha | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 70,603 ha | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 72,087 ha | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 57,485 ha | -20.3% |
| 2018 | 55,652 ha | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 31,487 ha | -43.4% |
| 2020 | 35,284 ha | +12.1% |
| 2021 | 53,826 ha | +52.6% |
| 2022 | 67,221 ha | +24.9% |
| 2023 | 45,710 ha | -32.0% |
| 2024 | 38,565 ha | -15.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,401 ha | 18,263 ha | 25,125 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,803 ha | 23,580 ha | 38,364 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 49,199 ha | 42,716 ha | 56,726 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 53,159 ha | 37,523 ha | 65,045 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 69,105 ha | 59,427 ha | 78,419 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 66,470 ha | 31,487 ha | 83,159 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 48,121 ha | 35,284 ha | 67,221 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Northern Africa was 38,565 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 83,159 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,263 ha in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 16th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.