Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in South Sudan
South Sudan: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 2,472 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in South Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
South Sudan recorded 2,472 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in South Sudan peaked at 2,500 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 2012.
That places South Sudan 43rd out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 2013 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 2,412 ha | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 2,304 ha | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 2,379 ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 2,423 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 2,463 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 2,500 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 2,462 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 2,475 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,479 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,472 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,310 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,463 ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 2,478 ha | 2,462 ha | 2,500 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for South Sudan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.13 % change on previous year (2015)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7832 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 111.85 current US$ per person (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1036 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.4% (2015)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.4% (2015)
- Rural population 78.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in South Sudan?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in South Sudan was 2,472 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 South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 2012.
- How does South Sudan rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- South Sudan ranks 43rd out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Sudan 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.