Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 198,205 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 198,205 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.2% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 232,875 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 50,000 ha, in 1961.
Southern Asia ranks 3rd of 27 groups on this measure, 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 Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 51,300 ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 51,400 ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 52,600 ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 53,200 ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 55,400 ha | +4.1% |
| 1967 | 57,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 63,800 ha | +11.5% |
| 1969 | 62,074 ha | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 62,208 ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 65,298 ha | +5.0% |
| 1972 | 67,122 ha | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 71,339 ha | +6.3% |
| 1974 | 72,737 ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 75,271 ha | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 76,746 ha | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 76,764 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 80,745 ha | +5.2% |
| 1979 | 84,218 ha | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 87,077 ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 92,732 ha | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 95,677 ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 112,209 ha | +17.3% |
| 1984 | 116,152 ha | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 120,727 ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 124,315 ha | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 88,232 ha | -29.0% |
| 1988 | 128,264 ha | +45.4% |
| 1989 | 106,953 ha | -16.6% |
| 1990 | 169,964 ha | +58.9% |
| 1991 | 139,657 ha | -17.8% |
| 1992 | 135,290 ha | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 147,920 ha | +9.3% |
| 1994 | 116,773 ha | -21.1% |
| 1995 | 116,032 ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 133,795 ha | +15.3% |
| 1997 | 157,967 ha | +18.1% |
| 1998 | 178,784 ha | +13.2% |
| 1999 | 162,989 ha | -8.8% |
| 2000 | 150,055 ha | -7.9% |
| 2001 | 151,662 ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 159,052 ha | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 175,101 ha | +10.1% |
| 2004 | 168,582 ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 188,202 ha | +11.6% |
| 2006 | 190,037 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 197,861 ha | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 192,848 ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 199,844 ha | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 206,029 ha | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 190,494 ha | -7.5% |
| 2012 | 185,674 ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 193,678 ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 191,573 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 184,686 ha | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 232,875 ha | +26.1% |
| 2017 | 201,576 ha | -13.4% |
| 2018 | 170,057 ha | -15.6% |
| 2019 | 175,203 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 200,478 ha | +14.4% |
| 2021 | 212,257 ha | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 222,499 ha | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 215,948 ha | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 198,205 ha | -8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,219 ha | 50,000 ha | 63,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 73,245 ha | 62,208 ha | 84,218 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 107,234 ha | 87,077 ha | 128,264 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 145,917 ha | 116,032 ha | 178,784 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 177,324 ha | 150,055 ha | 199,844 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 193,184 ha | 170,057 ha | 232,875 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 209,877 ha | 198,205 ha | 222,499 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 1 China 380,808 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 377,305 ha compare
- 3 India 66,614 ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 56,481 ha compare
- 4 Afghanistan 64,800 ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 60,429 ha compare
- 6 Brazil 31,287 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Southern Asia was 198,205 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 232,875 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 3rd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.