Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 2,540 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Romania recorded 2,540 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 39.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Romania peaked at 47,708 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 2,540 ha, in 2024.
Romania ranks 42nd of 105 countries on this measure, 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 Romania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,700 ha | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 21,200 ha | +26.9% |
| 1964 | 20,100 ha | -5.2% |
| 1965 | 19,400 ha | -3.5% |
| 1966 | 19,300 ha | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 15,000 ha | -22.3% |
| 1968 | 16,700 ha | +11.3% |
| 1969 | 16,009 ha | -4.1% |
| 1970 | 12,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1971 | 14,500 ha | +20.8% |
| 1972 | 15,600 ha | +7.6% |
| 1973 | 13,100 ha | -16.0% |
| 1974 | 11,600 ha | -11.5% |
| 1975 | 12,800 ha | +10.3% |
| 1976 | 12,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 12,200 ha | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 11,900 ha | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 13,000 ha | +9.2% |
| 1980 | 11,700 ha | -10.0% |
| 1981 | 14,100 ha | +20.5% |
| 1982 | 16,100 ha | +14.2% |
| 1983 | 16,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 17,900 ha | +11.9% |
| 1985 | 27,900 ha | +55.9% |
| 1986 | 24,800 ha | -11.1% |
| 1987 | 25,700 ha | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 26,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 23,400 ha | -11.7% |
| 1990 | 33,586 ha | +43.5% |
| 1991 | 47,708 ha | +42.0% |
| 1992 | 46,514 ha | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 44,404 ha | -4.5% |
| 1994 | 41,214 ha | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 45,748 ha | +11.0% |
| 1996 | 3,849 ha | -91.6% |
| 1997 | 3,920 ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 3,839 ha | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 4,242 ha | +10.5% |
| 2000 | 4,431 ha | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 3,920 ha | -11.5% |
| 2002 | 4,293 ha | +9.5% |
| 2003 | 4,179 ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 2,933 ha | -29.8% |
| 2005 | 4,470 ha | +52.4% |
| 2006 | 3,891 ha | -13.0% |
| 2007 | 3,430 ha | -11.8% |
| 2008 | 3,672 ha | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 4,328 ha | +17.9% |
| 2010 | 4,191 ha | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 4,151 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 4,139 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 4,288 ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 4,189 ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 4,178 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 4,729 ha | +13.2% |
| 2017 | 4,258 ha | -10.0% |
| 2018 | 4,260 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4,340 ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 4,010 ha | -7.6% |
| 2021 | 3,490 ha | -13.0% |
| 2022 | 2,580 ha | -26.1% |
| 2023 | 2,590 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 2,540 ha | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,945 ha | 15,000 ha | 21,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,950 ha | 11,600 ha | 15,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,410 ha | 11,700 ha | 27,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,502 ha | 3,839 ha | 47,708 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,955 ha | 2,933 ha | 4,470 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,272 ha | 4,139 ha | 4,729 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,042 ha | 2,540 ha | 4,010 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Romania?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Romania was 2,540 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 Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 47,708 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,540 ha in 2024.
- How does Romania rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 42nd out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Romania 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.