Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 10,252 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Tunisia stood at 10,252 ha.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 11,000 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1,300 ha, in 1965.
Tunisia ranks 16th of 105 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,870 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,500 ha | +33.7% |
| 1963 | 1,870 ha | -25.2% |
| 1964 | 1,600 ha | -14.4% |
| 1965 | 1,300 ha | -18.8% |
| 1966 | 1,700 ha | +30.8% |
| 1967 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,500 ha | -11.8% |
| 1969 | 1,300 ha | -13.3% |
| 1970 | 2,000 ha | +53.8% |
| 1971 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1975 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1976 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1977 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1978 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1980 | 8,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1981 | 6,200 ha | -22.5% |
| 1982 | 5,000 ha | -19.4% |
| 1983 | 6,540 ha | +30.8% |
| 1984 | 6,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1985 | 8,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1986 | 10,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1987 | 8,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1988 | 6,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1989 | 5,600 ha | -6.7% |
| 1990 | 8,800 ha | +57.1% |
| 1991 | 9,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 8,600 ha | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 6,200 ha | -27.9% |
| 1994 | 7,661 ha | +23.6% |
| 1995 | 5,380 ha | -29.8% |
| 1996 | 8,000 ha | +48.7% |
| 1997 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 7,858 ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 11,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 2000 | 8,280 ha | -24.7% |
| 2001 | 8,300 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 8,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 8,172 ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 8,500 ha | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 9,200 ha | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 8,949 ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 9,056 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 9,900 ha | +9.3% |
| 2009 | 9,268 ha | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 9,218 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 9,236 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 9,304 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 9,371 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 9,493 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 9,602 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 9,741 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 9,835 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 9,923 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 10,013 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 10,095 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 10,210 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 10,237 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 10,309 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 10,252 ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,704 ha | 1,300 ha | 2,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,370 ha | 2,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,934 ha | 5,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,050 ha | 5,380 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,802 ha | 8,172 ha | 9,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,574 ha | 9,218 ha | 10,013 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,221 ha | 10,095 ha | 10,309 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1029 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 479.33 current US$ per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Tunisia was 10,252 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 11,000 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,300 ha in 1965.
- How does Tunisia rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 16th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.