Melonseed — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Melonseed — Area harvested was 721,991 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Melonseed — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, melonseed — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) stood at 721,991 ha.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, melonseed — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.
Melonseed — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 66,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 68,400 ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 70,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 71,500 ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 73,200 ha | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 74,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 92,250 ha | +24.7% |
| 1968 | 78,700 ha | -14.7% |
| 1969 | 91,900 ha | +16.8% |
| 1970 | 78,890 ha | -14.2% |
| 1971 | 82,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 86,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 1973 | 91,600 ha | +5.7% |
| 1974 | 90,200 ha | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 91,200 ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 92,435 ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 96,810 ha | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 95,045 ha | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 92,864 ha | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 98,300 ha | +5.9% |
| 1981 | 102,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 104,100 ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 107,200 ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 108,800 ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 110,600 ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 111,600 ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 114,100 ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 115,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 117,400 ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 207,494 ha | +76.7% |
| 1991 | 182,941 ha | -11.8% |
| 1992 | 204,677 ha | +11.9% |
| 1993 | 207,622 ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 212,754 ha | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 237,127 ha | +11.5% |
| 1996 | 232,064 ha | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 177,207 ha | -23.6% |
| 1998 | 283,995 ha | +60.3% |
| 1999 | 168,292 ha | -40.7% |
| 2000 | 225,182 ha | +33.8% |
| 2001 | 275,385 ha | +22.3% |
| 2002 | 273,553 ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 284,633 ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 266,350 ha | -6.4% |
| 2005 | 259,842 ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 211,964 ha | -18.4% |
| 2007 | 232,625 ha | +9.7% |
| 2008 | 202,528 ha | -12.9% |
| 2009 | 224,875 ha | +11.0% |
| 2010 | 228,283 ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 305,842 ha | +34.0% |
| 2012 | 798,482 ha | +161.1% |
| 2013 | 608,494 ha | -23.8% |
| 2014 | 731,606 ha | +20.2% |
| 2015 | 963,951 ha | +31.8% |
| 2016 | 821,931 ha | -14.7% |
| 2017 | 823,258 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.05 million ha | +27.8% |
| 2019 | 823,049 ha | -21.8% |
| 2020 | 659,035 ha | -19.9% |
| 2021 | 736,790 ha | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 764,219 ha | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 733,095 ha | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 721,991 ha | -1.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Melonseed — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +161.1% | 305,842 ha | 798,482 ha |
| 1990 | +76.7% | 117,400 ha | 207,494 ha |
| 1998 | +60.3% | 177,207 ha | 283,995 ha |
| 1999 | -40.7% | 283,995 ha | 168,292 ha |
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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 2 Sudan 470,652 ha compare
- 3 Cameroon 127,351 ha compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 101,105 ha compare
- 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
- 7 Chad 36,029 ha compare
- 8 China 19,105 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 19,105 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is melonseed — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Melonseed — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 million ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 66,800 ha in 1961.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for melonseed — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 5th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is melonseed — area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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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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.