Melonseed — Area harvested in South Sudan
South Sudan: Melonseed — Area harvested was 37,048 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Melonseed — Area harvested in South Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
South Sudan recorded 37,048 ha for melonseed — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, melonseed — area harvested in South Sudan 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 South Sudan, 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% |
South Sudan compared with similar countries
- South Sudan's 37,048 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36,538 ha, 1.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- South Sudan's 37,048 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 37,048 ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Melonseed — Area harvested in South Sudan 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 South Sudan
- 3 Cameroon 127,351 ha compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 101,105 ha compare
- 4 Sudan (former) 101,000 ha
- 5 Central African Republic 58,835 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 42,481 ha compare
- 7 Chad 36,029 ha compare
- 8 China 19,105 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 19,105 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Sudan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.13 % change on previous year (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1036 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 111.85 current US$ per person (2015)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7832 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.4% (2015)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.4% (2015)
- Rural population 78.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is melonseed — area harvested in South Sudan?
- Melonseed — area harvested in South Sudan 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 South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 40,000 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest melonseed — area harvested recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,000 ha in 2012.
- How does South Sudan rank for melonseed — area harvested?
- South Sudan ranks 6th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is melonseed — area harvested rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Sudan 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.