Melonseed — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Melonseed — Area harvested was 721,991 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Melonseed — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, melonseed — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 721,991 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, melonseed — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 1.05 million ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 66,800 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 76,306 ha | 66,800 ha | 92,250 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 89,774 ha | 78,890 ha | 96,810 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 108,960 ha | 98,300 ha | 117,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 211,417 ha | 168,292 ha | 283,995 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 245,694 ha | 202,528 ha | 284,633 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 715,716 ha | 228,283 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 723,026 ha | 659,035 ha | 764,219 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 2 Sudan 470,652 ha compare
- 3 Cameroon 127,351 ha compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 101,105 ha compare
- 5 Sudan (former) 101,000 ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 42,481 ha compare
- 7 South Sudan 37,048 ha compare
- 8 Chad 36,029 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.83 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 482,612 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 7.49 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 47 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.07 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 596,645 t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 43.68 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 146,458 t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 133,673 t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 43.68 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is melonseed — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Melonseed — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 721,991 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 million ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 66,800 ha in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for melonseed — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 5th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is melonseed — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.