Melonseed — Area harvested by country
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...
What the numbers show
Melonseed — Area harvested is currently reported for 18 countries. The highest value is 902,028 ha in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 ha in China, Taiwan Province of.
The median across all reporting countries is 27,567 ha, and the mean is 107,968 ha.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 44.7%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (former) (down 13.7%).
Melonseed — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 902,028 ha | 2024 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Sudan | 470,652 ha | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 3 | Cameroon | 127,351 ha | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 101,105 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 4 | Sudan (former) | 101,000 ha | 2011 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 58,835 ha | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 42,481 ha | 2024 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 6 | South Sudan | 37,048 ha | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 7 | Chad | 36,029 ha | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 8 | China | 19,105 ha | 2024 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 8 | China, mainland | 19,105 ha | 2024 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Senegal | 11,069 ha | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 11 | Congo | 7,741 ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 12 | Mauritania | 4,222 ha | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 13 | Mali | 3,032 ha | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 14 | Greece | 2,604 ha | 2017 | up 44.7% | falling |
| 15 | Mexico | 25 ha | 2024 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 16 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0 ha | 2014 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.82 million ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 721,991 ha
- Africa 1.76 million ha
- Middle Africa 331,060 ha
- Western Africa 920,351 ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 857,083 ha
- Asia 61,586 ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 721,991 ha
- Northern Africa 470,652 ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 134,944 ha
- Southern Asia 42,481 ha
- Eastern Africa 37,048 ha
- Eastern Asia 19,105 ha
- Southern Europe 2,604 ha
- Europe 2,604 ha
- European Union (27) 2,604 ha
- Central America 25 ha
- Americas 25 ha
About this data
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.