Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Pakistan
Pakistan: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 19,762 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Pakistan, 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 Pakistan is 19,762 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Pakistan peaked at 23,468 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 6,000 ha, in 1965.
That places Pakistan 8th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,700 ha | +8.1% |
| 1963 | 6,100 ha | -9.0% |
| 1964 | 6,300 ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 6,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1966 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1968 | 13,300 ha | +66.2% |
| 1969 | 11,000 ha | -17.3% |
| 1970 | 10,400 ha | -5.5% |
| 1971 | 11,700 ha | +12.5% |
| 1972 | 13,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 13,800 ha | +6.2% |
| 1974 | 14,300 ha | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 14,200 ha | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 12,700 ha | -10.6% |
| 1977 | 11,000 ha | -13.4% |
| 1978 | 12,200 ha | +10.9% |
| 1979 | 13,200 ha | +8.2% |
| 1980 | 11,538 ha | -12.6% |
| 1981 | 16,098 ha | +39.5% |
| 1982 | 15,843 ha | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 18,159 ha | +14.6% |
| 1984 | 18,907 ha | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 14,909 ha | -21.1% |
| 1986 | 13,263 ha | -11.0% |
| 1987 | 20,356 ha | +53.5% |
| 1988 | 20,427 ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 19,826 ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 22,650 ha | +14.2% |
| 1991 | 21,266 ha | -6.1% |
| 1992 | 22,276 ha | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 23,468 ha | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 22,251 ha | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 22,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 20,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1997 | 19,227 ha | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 19,537 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 19,314 ha | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 17,922 ha | -7.2% |
| 2001 | 14,693 ha | -18.0% |
| 2002 | 16,176 ha | +10.1% |
| 2003 | 15,708 ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 17,167 ha | +9.3% |
| 2005 | 15,180 ha | -11.6% |
| 2006 | 18,080 ha | +19.1% |
| 2007 | 18,382 ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 18,626 ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 18,928 ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 19,286 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 18,607 ha | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 15,918 ha | -14.5% |
| 2013 | 18,607 ha | +16.9% |
| 2014 | 19,022 ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 20,373 ha | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 21,476 ha | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 21,231 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 21,849 ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 21,572 ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 21,051 ha | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 19,287 ha | -8.4% |
| 2022 | 22,114 ha | +14.7% |
| 2023 | 20,013 ha | -9.5% |
| 2024 | 19,762 ha | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,844 ha | 6,000 ha | 13,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,650 ha | 10,400 ha | 14,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,933 ha | 11,538 ha | 20,427 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,199 ha | 19,227 ha | 23,468 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,086 ha | 14,693 ha | 18,928 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,794 ha | 15,918 ha | 21,849 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,445 ha | 19,287 ha | 22,114 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Pakistan?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Pakistan was 19,762 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 23,468 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 ha in 1965.
- How does Pakistan rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Pakistan ranks 8th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.