Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 86,736 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 86,736 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 8.7% on the previous year and down 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 185,954 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 79,812 ha, in 2023.
That places Western Asia 8th 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 Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 131,327 ha | — |
| 1962 | 130,843 ha | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 125,282 ha | -4.3% |
| 1964 | 124,148 ha | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 126,478 ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 118,521 ha | -6.3% |
| 1967 | 131,888 ha | +11.3% |
| 1968 | 133,733 ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 121,326 ha | -9.3% |
| 1970 | 110,454 ha | -9.0% |
| 1971 | 118,901 ha | +7.6% |
| 1972 | 118,566 ha | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 97,482 ha | -17.8% |
| 1974 | 104,708 ha | +7.4% |
| 1975 | 107,392 ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 120,143 ha | +11.9% |
| 1977 | 121,947 ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 135,336 ha | +11.0% |
| 1979 | 130,026 ha | -3.9% |
| 1980 | 127,651 ha | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 139,087 ha | +9.0% |
| 1982 | 156,702 ha | +12.7% |
| 1983 | 147,140 ha | -6.1% |
| 1984 | 150,021 ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 185,954 ha | +24.0% |
| 1986 | 169,417 ha | -8.9% |
| 1987 | 160,923 ha | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 155,241 ha | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 162,368 ha | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 153,549 ha | -5.4% |
| 1991 | 145,648 ha | -5.1% |
| 1992 | 159,024 ha | +9.2% |
| 1993 | 140,298 ha | -11.8% |
| 1994 | 163,577 ha | +16.6% |
| 1995 | 170,224 ha | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 157,766 ha | -7.3% |
| 1997 | 149,111 ha | -5.5% |
| 1998 | 154,731 ha | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 146,447 ha | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 157,521 ha | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 152,867 ha | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 153,097 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 145,091 ha | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 143,626 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 155,668 ha | +8.4% |
| 2006 | 148,196 ha | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 146,613 ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 140,806 ha | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 137,985 ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 130,396 ha | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 133,453 ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 130,393 ha | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 129,767 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 118,293 ha | -8.8% |
| 2015 | 110,018 ha | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 106,029 ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 106,416 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 102,962 ha | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 108,203 ha | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 108,934 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 107,604 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 98,323 ha | -8.6% |
| 2023 | 79,812 ha | -18.8% |
| 2024 | 86,736 ha | +8.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 127,061 ha | 118,521 ha | 133,733 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 116,496 ha | 97,482 ha | 135,336 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 155,450 ha | 127,651 ha | 185,954 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 154,038 ha | 140,298 ha | 170,224 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 148,147 ha | 137,985 ha | 157,521 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 117,593 ha | 102,962 ha | 133,453 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 96,282 ha | 79,812 ha | 108,934 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Western Asia was 86,736 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 185,954 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 79,812 ha in 2023.
- How does Western Asia rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 8th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western 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.