Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Yemen
Yemen: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 3,867 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 3,867 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 27.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Yemen peaked at 4,060 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Yemen 34th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Yemen, 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 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 2,664 ha | — |
| 1980 | 2,563 ha | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 2,461 ha | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 2,553 ha | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 2,809 ha | +10.0% |
| 1984 | 1,507 ha | -46.4% |
| 1985 | 1,591 ha | +5.6% |
| 1986 | 2,461 ha | +54.7% |
| 1987 | 2,829 ha | +15.0% |
| 1988 | 2,700 ha | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 3,949 ha | +46.3% |
| 1990 | 3,139 ha | -20.5% |
| 1991 | 2,960 ha | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 2,845 ha | -3.9% |
| 1993 | 2,837 ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 2,796 ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 2,897 ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 3,225 ha | +11.3% |
| 1997 | 3,075 ha | -4.7% |
| 1998 | 3,376 ha | +9.8% |
| 1999 | 3,408 ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 3,387 ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 3,473 ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 3,697 ha | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 3,773 ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 2,851 ha | -24.4% |
| 2005 | 2,763 ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 2,715 ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 2,950 ha | +8.7% |
| 2008 | 3,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 3,102 ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 3,267 ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 2,798 ha | -14.4% |
| 2012 | 3,269 ha | +16.8% |
| 2013 | 3,445 ha | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 3,044 ha | -11.6% |
| 2015 | 2,831 ha | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 2,722 ha | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 2,738 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 2,667 ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 3,524 ha | +32.1% |
| 2020 | 3,580 ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 3,790 ha | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 4,060 ha | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 3,971 ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 3,867 ha | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 266.4 ha | 0 ha | 2,664 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,542 ha | 1,507 ha | 3,949 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,056 ha | 2,796 ha | 3,408 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,171 ha | 2,715 ha | 3,773 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,030 ha | 2,667 ha | 3,524 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,854 ha | 3,580 ha | 4,060 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 31 Republic of Korea 4,673 ha compare
- 32 Bulgaria 4,100 ha compare
- 33 Dominican Republic 3,907 ha compare
- 35 China, Taiwan Province of 3,503 ha compare
- 36 Niger 3,491 ha compare
- 37 Oman 3,164 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Yemen
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -14.18 % change on previous year (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 182.21 current US$ per person (2018)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6297 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 28.7% (2018)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 28.7% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Yemen?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Yemen was 3,867 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 Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 4,060 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Yemen rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Yemen ranks 34th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Yemen 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.