Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 63 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in United Arab Emirates stood at 63 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 31.5% on the previous year and up 90.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in United Arab Emirates peaked at 6,643 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
United Arab Emirates ranks 78th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 11 ha | — |
| 1968 | 71 ha | +545.5% |
| 1969 | 114 ha | +60.6% |
| 1970 | 187 ha | +64.0% |
| 1971 | 60 ha | -67.9% |
| 1972 | 75 ha | +25.0% |
| 1973 | 75 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 80 ha | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 10 ha | -87.5% |
| 1976 | 21 ha | +110.0% |
| 1977 | 39 ha | +85.7% |
| 1978 | 129 ha | +230.8% |
| 1979 | 178 ha | +38.0% |
| 1980 | 650 ha | +265.2% |
| 1981 | 720 ha | +10.8% |
| 1982 | 1,510 ha | +109.7% |
| 1983 | 1,875 ha | +24.2% |
| 1984 | 2,122 ha | +13.2% |
| 1985 | 1,012 ha | -52.3% |
| 1986 | 800 ha | -20.9% |
| 1987 | 610 ha | -23.8% |
| 1988 | 392 ha | -35.7% |
| 1989 | 280 ha | -28.6% |
| 1990 | 192 ha | -31.4% |
| 1991 | 253 ha | +31.8% |
| 1992 | 272 ha | +7.5% |
| 1993 | 464 ha | +70.6% |
| 1994 | 647 ha | +39.4% |
| 1995 | 891 ha | +37.7% |
| 1996 | 1,222 ha | +37.1% |
| 1997 | 1,604 ha | +31.3% |
| 1998 | 2,751 ha | +71.5% |
| 1999 | 3,983 ha | +44.8% |
| 2000 | 6,643 ha | +66.8% |
| 2001 | 376 ha | -94.3% |
| 2002 | 354 ha | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 230 ha | -35.0% |
| 2004 | 250 ha | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 637 ha | +154.8% |
| 2006 | 212 ha | -66.7% |
| 2007 | 119 ha | -43.9% |
| 2008 | 111 ha | -6.7% |
| 2009 | 79 ha | -28.8% |
| 2010 | 75 ha | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 84 ha | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 241 ha | +186.9% |
| 2013 | 290 ha | +20.3% |
| 2014 | 33 ha | -88.6% |
| 2015 | 37 ha | +12.1% |
| 2016 | 67 ha | +81.1% |
| 2017 | 52 ha | -22.4% |
| 2018 | 129 ha | +148.1% |
| 2019 | 111 ha | -14.0% |
| 2020 | 126 ha | +13.5% |
| 2021 | 121 ha | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 117 ha | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 92 ha | -21.4% |
| 2024 | 63 ha | -31.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21.78 ha | 0 ha | 114 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 85.4 ha | 10 ha | 187 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 997.1 ha | 280 ha | 2,122 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,228 ha | 192 ha | 3,983 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 901.1 ha | 79 ha | 6,643 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 111.9 ha | 33 ha | 290 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 103.8 ha | 63 ha | 126 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates
- 75 Puerto Rico 85 ha compare
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- 81 French Polynesia 41 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for United Arab Emirates
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0077 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 386.83 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1404 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in United Arab Emirates?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in United Arab Emirates was 63 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 United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 6,643 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 78th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.