Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 32 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Solomon Islands, 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 Solomon Islands is 32 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Solomon Islands peaked at 50 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 20 ha, in 1961.
Solomon Islands ranks 84th of 105 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 21 ha | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 22 ha | +4.8% |
| 1965 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 23 ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 23 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 24 ha | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 25 ha | +4.2% |
| 1970 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 26 ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 27 ha | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 27 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 28 ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 29 ha | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 29 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 30 ha | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 31 ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 32 ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 33 ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 33 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 34 ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 35 ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 36 ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 36 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 37 ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 37 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 37 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 40 ha | +8.1% |
| 1991 | 39 ha | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 40 ha | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 35 ha | -12.5% |
| 1994 | 30 ha | -14.3% |
| 1995 | 35 ha | +16.7% |
| 1996 | 38 ha | +8.6% |
| 1997 | 40 ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 39 ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 45 ha | +15.4% |
| 2000 | 41 ha | -8.9% |
| 2001 | 50 ha | +22.0% |
| 2002 | 42 ha | -16.0% |
| 2003 | 41 ha | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 41 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 40 ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 39 ha | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 38 ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 37 ha | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 37 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 36 ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 35 ha | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 30 ha | -14.3% |
| 2013 | 35 ha | +16.7% |
| 2014 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 34 ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 34 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 34 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 33 ha | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 33 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 33 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 33 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 32 ha | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 32 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 32 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22.22 ha | 20 ha | 25 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 28.2 ha | 25 ha | 31 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 35 ha | 32 ha | 37 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 38.1 ha | 30 ha | 45 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40.6 ha | 37 ha | 50 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.9 ha | 30 ha | 36 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.4 ha | 32 ha | 33 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Solomon Islands
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2973 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 574.77 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6869 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.7% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 73.3% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Solomon Islands?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Solomon Islands was 32 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 Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 50 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 ha in 1961.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Solomon Islands ranks 84th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.