Melonseed — Area harvested in Chad
Chad: Melonseed — Area harvested was 36,029 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Melonseed — Area harvested in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for melonseed — area harvested in Chad is 36,029 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, melonseed — area harvested in Chad peaked at 36,467 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 17,262 ha, in 1991.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Melonseed — Area harvested in Chad, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 18,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 19,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 19,500 ha | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 20,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1971 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 24,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 27,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 28,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 28,500 ha | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 28,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1985 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 34,192 ha | +22.1% |
| 1991 | 17,262 ha | -49.5% |
| 1992 | 17,973 ha | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 18,686 ha | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 19,403 ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 20,124 ha | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 20,847 ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 21,574 ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 22,304 ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 23,037 ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 23,774 ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 24,515 ha | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 25,259 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 26,006 ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 26,708 ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 27,105 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 27,565 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 28,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 29,232 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 29,852 ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 30,446 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 30,619 ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 32,600 ha | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 33,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 34,101 ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 34,347 ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 34,683 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 35,169 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 35,779 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 36,467 ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 35,805 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 36,017 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 36,096 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 35,973 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 36,029 ha | +0.2% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 36,029 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36,538 ha, 99% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Chad's 36,029 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 37,048 ha, 97% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Melonseed — Area harvested in Chad changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -49.5% | 34,192 ha | 17,262 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,389 ha | 17,500 ha | 21,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,200 ha | 22,000 ha | 27,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,050 ha | 28,000 ha | 28,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,540 ha | 17,262 ha | 34,192 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,852 ha | 23,774 ha | 29,852 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,721 ha | 30,446 ha | 36,467 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,984 ha | 35,805 ha | 36,096 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 4 Sudan (former) 101,000 ha compare
- 5 Central African Republic 58,835 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 42,481 ha compare
- 6 South Sudan 37,048 ha compare
- 8 China 19,105 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 19,105 ha compare
- 10 Senegal 11,069 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Chad
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3634 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 371.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7243 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 66.9% (1975)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (1995)
Frequently asked questions
- What is melonseed — area harvested in Chad?
- Melonseed — area harvested in Chad was 36,029 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 36,467 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,262 ha in 1991.
- How does Chad rank for melonseed — area harvested?
- Chad ranks 7th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is melonseed — area harvested rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Melonseed — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.