Melonseed — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Melonseed — Area harvested was 331,060 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Melonseed — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, melonseed — area harvested in Middle Africa stood at 331,060 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, melonseed — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 331,415 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 125,689 ha, in 1969.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 133,697 ha | 125,689 ha | 140,231 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 157,988 ha | 132,222 ha | 180,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 193,880 ha | 183,600 ha | 205,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 229,290 ha | 217,822 ha | 242,583 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 272,229 ha | 241,788 ha | 296,464 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 318,747 ha | 300,125 ha | 330,811 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 330,816 ha | 330,078 ha | 331,415 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 2 Sudan 470,652 ha compare
- 3 Cameroon 127,351 ha compare
- 4 Sudan (former) 101,000 ha compare
- 5 Central African Republic 58,835 ha compare
- 6 South Sudan, Republic of 37,048 ha compare
- 7 Chad 36,029 ha compare
- 8 China (People’s Republic of) 19,105 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 19,105 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 113,974 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 19,128 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 2.18 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 16,416 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 13,891 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 511,443 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 4.75 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 57 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 270,208 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 8.08 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is melonseed — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Melonseed — area harvested in Middle Africa was 331,060 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 331,415 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 125,689 ha in 1969.
- How does Middle Africa rank for melonseed — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 5th out of 14 regions with data for 2024.
- Is melonseed — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle 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.