Melonseed — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Melonseed — Area harvested was 7,741 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Melonseed — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Congo recorded 7,741 ha for melonseed — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, melonseed — area harvested in Congo peaked at 7,850 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3,500 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Melonseed — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,750 ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 3,800 ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 4,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 4,200 ha | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 4,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 4,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 4,600 ha | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 4,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,800 ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 5,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 1992 | 7,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 7,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 7,070 ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 7,300 ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 7,505 ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 7,103 ha | -5.4% |
| 1998 | 7,400 ha | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 7,545 ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 7,414 ha | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 7,372 ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 7,355 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 7,348 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 7,433 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 7,777 ha | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 7,236 ha | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 6,914 ha | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 7,625 ha | +10.3% |
| 2009 | 6,999 ha | -8.2% |
| 2010 | 7,100 ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 7,221 ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 7,750 ha | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 7,850 ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 7,726 ha | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 7,537 ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 7,515 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 7,560 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 7,603 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 7,635 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 7,660 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 7,682 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 7,700 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 7,720 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 7,741 ha | +0.3% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 7,741 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36,538 ha, 21% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Congo's 7,741 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,069 ha, 70% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,600 ha | 3,500 ha | 3,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,775 ha | 3,700 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,560 ha | 4,100 ha | 5,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,062 ha | 6,000 ha | 7,545 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,347 ha | 6,914 ha | 7,777 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,550 ha | 7,100 ha | 7,850 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,701 ha | 7,660 ha | 7,741 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Congo
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1011 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 254.21 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3588 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is melonseed — area harvested in Congo?
- Melonseed — area harvested in Congo was 7,741 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 7,850 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Congo rank for melonseed — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 11th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is melonseed — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo 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.