Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 50,802 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 50,802 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.2% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 103,386 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 46,210 ha, in 2022.
That places Southern Europe 14th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 69,690 ha | — |
| 1962 | 67,492 ha | -3.2% |
| 1963 | 73,245 ha | +8.5% |
| 1964 | 75,351 ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 67,404 ha | -10.5% |
| 1966 | 76,158 ha | +13.0% |
| 1967 | 74,610 ha | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 87,776 ha | +17.6% |
| 1969 | 77,697 ha | -11.5% |
| 1970 | 83,553 ha | +7.5% |
| 1971 | 84,712 ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 86,740 ha | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 85,931 ha | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 80,330 ha | -6.5% |
| 1975 | 89,392 ha | +11.3% |
| 1976 | 92,739 ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 85,490 ha | -7.8% |
| 1978 | 86,224 ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 92,281 ha | +7.0% |
| 1980 | 91,129 ha | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 95,263 ha | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 94,088 ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 91,549 ha | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 93,208 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 91,477 ha | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 95,685 ha | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 96,902 ha | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 103,386 ha | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 99,437 ha | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 91,270 ha | -8.2% |
| 1991 | 90,251 ha | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 86,970 ha | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 80,923 ha | -7.0% |
| 1994 | 79,467 ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 76,725 ha | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 77,997 ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 80,060 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 82,571 ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 82,150 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 76,446 ha | -6.9% |
| 2001 | 76,220 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 75,868 ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 82,464 ha | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 80,709 ha | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 84,053 ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 83,169 ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 79,041 ha | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 76,448 ha | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 71,101 ha | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 72,061 ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 63,875 ha | -11.4% |
| 2012 | 62,442 ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 62,540 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 58,797 ha | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 56,358 ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 53,608 ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 52,379 ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 51,022 ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 50,843 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 49,926 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 50,949 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 46,210 ha | -9.3% |
| 2023 | 48,769 ha | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 50,802 ha | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74,380 ha | 67,404 ha | 87,776 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 86,739 ha | 80,330 ha | 92,739 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 95,212 ha | 91,129 ha | 103,386 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 82,838 ha | 76,725 ha | 91,270 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 78,552 ha | 71,101 ha | 84,053 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 58,392 ha | 50,843 ha | 72,061 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 49,331 ha | 46,210 ha | 50,949 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Southern Europe was 50,802 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 103,386 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 46,210 ha in 2022.
- How does Southern Europe rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 14th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.