Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in World
World: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 1.04 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in World, 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 World is 1.04 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in World peaked at 1.13 million ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 503,180 ha, in 1970.
World ranks 1st of 27 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in World, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 627,367 ha | — |
| 1962 | 573,658 ha | -8.6% |
| 1963 | 556,065 ha | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 547,815 ha | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 539,831 ha | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 531,871 ha | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 550,790 ha | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 568,164 ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 548,626 ha | -3.4% |
| 1970 | 503,180 ha | -8.3% |
| 1971 | 526,155 ha | +4.6% |
| 1972 | 530,105 ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 518,374 ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 509,872 ha | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 532,694 ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 558,741 ha | +4.9% |
| 1977 | 561,534 ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 609,337 ha | +8.5% |
| 1979 | 623,468 ha | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 625,474 ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 650,534 ha | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 702,862 ha | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 713,173 ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 743,902 ha | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 877,283 ha | +17.9% |
| 1986 | 903,429 ha | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 888,755 ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 934,331 ha | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 894,544 ha | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 902,716 ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 906,969 ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 938,662 ha | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 960,384 ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 963,395 ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 950,361 ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 943,859 ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 873,129 ha | -7.5% |
| 1998 | 940,861 ha | +7.8% |
| 1999 | 966,893 ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 1.01 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 1.03 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 1.08 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 1.08 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 1.04 million ha | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 1.11 million ha | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 1.12 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 1.11 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 1.10 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 1.11 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 1.13 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 1.11 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 1.08 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 1.10 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 1.08 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 1.06 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 1.10 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 1.05 million ha | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 1.05 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 1.04 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 1.04 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1.08 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 1.08 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1.04 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 1.04 million ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 560,465 ha | 531,871 ha | 627,367 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 547,346 ha | 503,180 ha | 623,468 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 793,429 ha | 625,474 ha | 934,331 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 934,723 ha | 873,129 ha | 966,893 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.08 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.12 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.08 million ha | 1.04 million ha | 1.13 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.06 million ha | 1.04 million ha | 1.08 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 China 380,808 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 377,305 ha compare
- 3 India 66,614 ha compare
- 4 Afghanistan 64,800 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in World?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in World was 1.04 million 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 million ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 503,180 ha in 1970.
- How does World rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- World ranks 1st out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.