Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Oceania
Oceania: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 8,046 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Oceania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Oceania recorded 8,046 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 17.3% on the previous year and up 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Oceania peaked at 8,821 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,379 ha, in 1965.
Oceania ranks 24th of 27 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Oceania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,412 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,421 ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 1,431 ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 1,384 ha | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 1,379 ha | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 1,428 ha | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 1,663 ha | +16.5% |
| 1968 | 1,760 ha | +5.8% |
| 1969 | 1,724 ha | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 1,602 ha | -7.1% |
| 1971 | 2,021 ha | +26.2% |
| 1972 | 2,221 ha | +9.9% |
| 1973 | 2,007 ha | -9.6% |
| 1974 | 1,848 ha | -7.9% |
| 1975 | 1,692 ha | -8.4% |
| 1976 | 1,899 ha | +12.2% |
| 1977 | 2,281 ha | +20.1% |
| 1978 | 2,624 ha | +15.0% |
| 1979 | 2,439 ha | -7.1% |
| 1980 | 2,511 ha | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 1,585 ha | -36.9% |
| 1982 | 1,823 ha | +15.0% |
| 1983 | 2,436 ha | +33.6% |
| 1984 | 2,549 ha | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 2,745 ha | +7.7% |
| 1986 | 2,916 ha | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 2,821 ha | -3.3% |
| 1988 | 2,987 ha | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 3,125 ha | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 3,126 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 3,150 ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 3,904 ha | +23.9% |
| 1993 | 4,418 ha | +13.2% |
| 1994 | 3,880 ha | -12.2% |
| 1995 | 3,258 ha | -16.0% |
| 1996 | 3,312 ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 3,401 ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 3,750 ha | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 5,659 ha | +50.9% |
| 2000 | 4,429 ha | -21.7% |
| 2001 | 5,210 ha | +17.6% |
| 2002 | 4,243 ha | -18.6% |
| 2003 | 3,276 ha | -22.8% |
| 2004 | 3,479 ha | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 4,006 ha | +15.1% |
| 2006 | 4,133 ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 3,928 ha | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 2,935 ha | -25.3% |
| 2009 | 8,152 ha | +177.8% |
| 2010 | 8,113 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 8,040 ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 7,226 ha | -10.1% |
| 2013 | 8,163 ha | +13.0% |
| 2014 | 6,781 ha | -16.9% |
| 2015 | 6,917 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 6,544 ha | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 8,821 ha | +34.8% |
| 2018 | 8,169 ha | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 6,528 ha | -20.1% |
| 2020 | 6,360 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 6,966 ha | +9.5% |
| 2022 | 7,491 ha | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 6,861 ha | -8.4% |
| 2024 | 8,046 ha | +17.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,511 ha | 1,379 ha | 1,760 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,063 ha | 1,602 ha | 2,624 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,550 ha | 1,585 ha | 3,125 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,786 ha | 3,126 ha | 5,659 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,379 ha | 2,935 ha | 8,152 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,530 ha | 6,528 ha | 8,821 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,145 ha | 6,360 ha | 8,046 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Oceania?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Oceania was 8,046 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 Oceania?
- The highest recorded value was 8,821 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Oceania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,379 ha in 1965.
- How does Oceania rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Oceania ranks 24th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Oceania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Oceania 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.