Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 2,567 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 2,567 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.0% on the previous year and down 32.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Saudi Arabia peaked at 15,655 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Saudi Arabia ranks 41st 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 Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 849 ha | — |
| 1972 | 311 ha | -63.4% |
| 1973 | 38 ha | -87.8% |
| 1974 | 1,885 ha | +4860.5% |
| 1975 | 1,403 ha | -25.6% |
| 1976 | 833 ha | -40.6% |
| 1977 | 1,270 ha | +52.5% |
| 1978 | 935 ha | -26.4% |
| 1979 | 1,153 ha | +23.3% |
| 1980 | 1,498 ha | +29.9% |
| 1981 | 3,134 ha | +109.2% |
| 1982 | 7,309 ha | +133.2% |
| 1983 | 3,640 ha | -50.2% |
| 1984 | 4,629 ha | +27.2% |
| 1985 | 6,477 ha | +39.9% |
| 1986 | 5,726 ha | -11.6% |
| 1987 | 5,503 ha | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 6,666 ha | +21.1% |
| 1989 | 8,155 ha | +22.3% |
| 1990 | 6,233 ha | -23.6% |
| 1991 | 5,249 ha | -15.8% |
| 1992 | 7,609 ha | +45.0% |
| 1993 | 7,232 ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 7,397 ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 8,277 ha | +11.9% |
| 1996 | 8,411 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 9,359 ha | +11.3% |
| 1998 | 8,645 ha | -7.6% |
| 1999 | 5,102 ha | -41.0% |
| 2000 | 7,255 ha | +42.2% |
| 2001 | 15,655 ha | +115.8% |
| 2002 | 14,192 ha | -9.3% |
| 2003 | 14,553 ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 12,531 ha | -13.9% |
| 2005 | 13,138 ha | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 11,896 ha | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 11,528 ha | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 11,912 ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 10,612 ha | -10.9% |
| 2010 | 12,783 ha | +20.5% |
| 2011 | 13,565 ha | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 12,363 ha | -8.9% |
| 2013 | 12,101 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 3,827 ha | -68.4% |
| 2015 | 3,230 ha | -15.6% |
| 2016 | 2,725 ha | -15.6% |
| 2017 | 2,299 ha | -15.6% |
| 2018 | 2,053 ha | -10.7% |
| 2019 | 2,139 ha | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 2,259 ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 2,029 ha | -10.2% |
| 2022 | 2,242 ha | +10.5% |
| 2023 | 2,139 ha | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 2,567 ha | +20.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 867.7 ha | 0 ha | 1,885 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,274 ha | 1,498 ha | 8,155 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,351 ha | 5,102 ha | 9,359 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,327 ha | 7,255 ha | 15,655 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,708 ha | 2,053 ha | 13,565 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,247 ha | 2,029 ha | 2,567 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Saudi Arabia?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Saudi Arabia was 2,567 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 15,655 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 41st out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.