Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 29 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1990–2024
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 Zimbabwe is 29 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 31 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 20 ha, in 1995.
That places Zimbabwe 85th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 25 ha | — |
| 1991 | 31 ha | +24.0% |
| 1992 | 24 ha | -22.6% |
| 1993 | 23 ha | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 22 ha | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 20 ha | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 25 ha | +25.0% |
| 1997 | 26 ha | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 26 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 29 ha | +11.5% |
| 2000 | 26 ha | -10.3% |
| 2001 | 26 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 27 ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 27 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 27 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 26 ha | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 25 ha | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 27 ha | +8.0% |
| 2009 | 27 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 28 ha | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 29 ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 30 ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 29 ha | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 27 ha | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 29 ha | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 29 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 29 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 29 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 29 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 29 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 29 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 29 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 29 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.1 ha | 20 ha | 31 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.3 ha | 25 ha | 27 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.9 ha | 27 ha | 30 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29 ha | 29 ha | 29 ha | 5 |
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 29 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 31 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 ha in 1995.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 85th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.