Melonseed — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Melonseed — Area harvested was 37,048 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Melonseed — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 37,048 ha for melonseed — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, melonseed — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 40,000 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 30,000 ha, in 2012.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Melonseed — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 30,000 ha | — |
| 2013 | 40,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2014 | 36,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 2015 | 33,909 ha | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 35,758 ha | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 35,760 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 35,937 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 36,300 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 36,560 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 36,956 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 36,969 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 37,219 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 37,048 ha | -0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Melonseed — Area harvested in Eastern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +33.3% | 30,000 ha | 40,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 35,458 ha | 30,000 ha | 40,000 ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 36,950 ha | 36,560 ha | 37,219 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 6 South Sudan 37,048 ha compare
- 7 Chad 36,029 ha compare
- 8 China 19,105 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 19,105 ha compare
- 10 Senegal 11,069 ha compare
- 11 Congo 7,741 ha compare
- 12 Mauritania 4,222 ha compare
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- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 10.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.36 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is melonseed — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Melonseed — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 37,048 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 40,000 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,000 ha in 2012.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for melonseed — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 9th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is melonseed — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.