Melonseed — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Melonseed — Area harvested was 2,604 ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Melonseed — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, melonseed — area harvested in Southern Europe stood at 2,604 ha.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 44.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, melonseed — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 4,600 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 639 ha, in 1991.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Melonseed — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,020 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,510 ha | +24.3% |
| 1963 | 3,360 ha | +33.9% |
| 1964 | 2,800 ha | -16.7% |
| 1965 | 2,350 ha | -16.1% |
| 1966 | 2,840 ha | +20.9% |
| 1967 | 4,190 ha | +47.5% |
| 1968 | 2,480 ha | -40.8% |
| 1969 | 2,650 ha | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 3,100 ha | +17.0% |
| 1971 | 3,800 ha | +22.6% |
| 1972 | 4,600 ha | +21.1% |
| 1973 | 3,714 ha | -19.3% |
| 1974 | 2,814 ha | -24.2% |
| 1975 | 2,366 ha | -15.9% |
| 1976 | 3,465 ha | +46.4% |
| 1977 | 4,171 ha | +20.4% |
| 1978 | 3,077 ha | -26.2% |
| 1979 | 2,244 ha | -27.1% |
| 1980 | 3,757 ha | +67.4% |
| 1981 | 4,478 ha | +19.2% |
| 1982 | 1,980 ha | -55.8% |
| 1983 | 2,100 ha | +6.1% |
| 1984 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,600 ha | -23.8% |
| 1986 | 2,400 ha | +50.0% |
| 1987 | 1,962 ha | -18.2% |
| 1988 | 1,800 ha | -8.3% |
| 1989 | 957 ha | -46.8% |
| 1990 | 700 ha | -26.9% |
| 1991 | 639 ha | -8.7% |
| 1992 | 842 ha | +31.8% |
| 1993 | 850 ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,500 ha | +76.5% |
| 1996 | 1,521 ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 1,444 ha | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 1,417 ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 1,500 ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 1,900 ha | +26.7% |
| 2001 | 1,700 ha | -10.5% |
| 2002 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,814 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 2,008 ha | +10.7% |
| 2011 | 2,204 ha | +9.8% |
| 2012 | 2,300 ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 2014 | 2,836 ha | +13.4% |
| 2015 | 2,679 ha | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 2,602 ha | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 2,604 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,800 ha | 2,020 ha | 4,190 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,335 ha | 2,244 ha | 4,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,313 ha | 957 ha | 4,478 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,126 ha | 639 ha | 1,521 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,751 ha | 1,700 ha | 1,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,467 ha | 2,008 ha | 2,836 ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is melonseed — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Melonseed — area harvested in Southern Europe was 2,604 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 4,600 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 639 ha in 1991.
- How does Southern Europe rank for melonseed — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 11th out of 15 groups with data for 2017.
- Is melonseed — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.