Melonseed — Area harvested in Sudan
Sudan: Melonseed — Area harvested was 470,652 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Melonseed — Area harvested in Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for melonseed — area harvested in Sudan is 470,652 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, melonseed — area harvested in Sudan peaked at 803,880 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 362,400 ha, in 2013.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Melonseed — Area harvested in Sudan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 563,640 ha | — |
| 2013 | 362,400 ha | -35.7% |
| 2014 | 485,940 ha | +34.1% |
| 2015 | 716,100 ha | +47.4% |
| 2016 | 575,820 ha | -19.6% |
| 2017 | 575,820 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 803,880 ha | +39.6% |
| 2019 | 574,140 ha | -28.6% |
| 2020 | 410,057 ha | -28.6% |
| 2021 | 485,916 ha | +18.5% |
| 2022 | 512,793 ha | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 481,435 ha | -6.1% |
| 2024 | 470,652 ha | -2.2% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 470,652 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36,538 ha, 12.9× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 470,652 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 37,048 ha, 12.7× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 582,218 ha | 362,400 ha | 803,880 ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 472,171 ha | 410,057 ha | 512,793 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
- 1 Nigeria 902,028 ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Sudan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 60.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2936 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 341.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6507 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is melonseed — area harvested in Sudan?
- Melonseed — area harvested in Sudan was 470,652 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 803,880 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 362,400 ha in 2013.
- How does Sudan rank for melonseed — area harvested?
- Sudan ranks 2nd out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is melonseed — area harvested rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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.