Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 14,122 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Western Europe is 14,122 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 18,640 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 12,746 ha, in 1962.
That places Western Europe 20th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,221 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,746 ha | -3.6% |
| 1963 | 13,203 ha | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 13,117 ha | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 13,764 ha | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 14,640 ha | +6.4% |
| 1967 | 14,957 ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 15,113 ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 15,803 ha | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 17,560 ha | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 14,615 ha | -16.8% |
| 1972 | 13,171 ha | -9.9% |
| 1973 | 13,303 ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 12,901 ha | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 13,239 ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 14,144 ha | +6.8% |
| 1977 | 14,039 ha | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 15,065 ha | +7.3% |
| 1979 | 16,065 ha | +6.6% |
| 1980 | 15,551 ha | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 15,065 ha | -3.1% |
| 1982 | 15,065 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 15,065 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 15,565 ha | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 15,565 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 16,870 ha | +8.4% |
| 1987 | 16,870 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 16,065 ha | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 16,498 ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 17,951 ha | +8.8% |
| 1991 | 18,640 ha | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 18,031 ha | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 17,242 ha | -4.4% |
| 1994 | 17,060 ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 16,441 ha | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 16,553 ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 15,940 ha | -3.7% |
| 1998 | 16,372 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 16,488 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 16,340 ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 16,301 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 15,494 ha | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 15,581 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 15,102 ha | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 14,954 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 14,950 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 15,886 ha | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 15,683 ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 15,589 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 15,720 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 15,431 ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 15,460 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 14,583 ha | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 14,173 ha | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 14,345 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 14,260 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 14,246 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 13,442 ha | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 13,123 ha | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 14,116 ha | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 13,917 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 13,430 ha | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 13,600 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 14,122 ha | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,063 ha | 12,746 ha | 15,803 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,410 ha | 12,901 ha | 17,560 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,818 ha | 15,065 ha | 16,870 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,072 ha | 15,940 ha | 18,640 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,588 ha | 14,950 ha | 16,340 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,478 ha | 13,123 ha | 15,720 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,837 ha | 13,430 ha | 14,122 ha | 5 |
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -6.56 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Western Europe was 14,122 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 18,640 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,746 ha in 1962.
- How does Western Europe rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 20th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western 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.