Melonseed — Area harvested in World
World: Melonseed — Area harvested was 1.82 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Melonseed — Area harvested in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for melonseed — area harvested in World is 1.82 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, melonseed — area harvested in World peaked at 2.15 million ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 266,674 ha, in 1982.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Melonseed — Area harvested in World, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 442,320 ha | — |
| 1962 | 456,160 ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 436,360 ha | -4.3% |
| 1964 | 464,650 ha | +6.5% |
| 1965 | 463,650 ha | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 471,640 ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 471,171 ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 682,431 ha | +44.8% |
| 1969 | 541,189 ha | -20.7% |
| 1970 | 778,812 ha | +43.9% |
| 1971 | 556,195 ha | -28.6% |
| 1972 | 506,239 ha | -9.0% |
| 1973 | 629,420 ha | +24.3% |
| 1974 | 269,941 ha | -57.1% |
| 1975 | 418,880 ha | +55.2% |
| 1976 | 377,599 ha | -9.9% |
| 1977 | 367,816 ha | -2.6% |
| 1978 | 339,315 ha | -7.7% |
| 1979 | 306,237 ha | -9.7% |
| 1980 | 284,233 ha | -7.2% |
| 1981 | 303,428 ha | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 266,674 ha | -12.1% |
| 1983 | 325,140 ha | +21.9% |
| 1984 | 383,101 ha | +17.8% |
| 1985 | 406,007 ha | +6.0% |
| 1986 | 378,591 ha | -6.8% |
| 1987 | 393,408 ha | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 556,003 ha | +41.3% |
| 1989 | 446,816 ha | -19.6% |
| 1990 | 608,606 ha | +36.2% |
| 1991 | 629,188 ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 672,073 ha | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 656,549 ha | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 630,352 ha | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 710,617 ha | +12.7% |
| 1996 | 784,413 ha | +10.4% |
| 1997 | 588,875 ha | -24.9% |
| 1998 | 767,126 ha | +30.3% |
| 1999 | 929,433 ha | +21.2% |
| 2000 | 969,959 ha | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 1.01 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 1.02 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 1.08 million ha | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 1.10 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 1.14 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 1.12 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 1.23 million ha | +10.2% |
| 2008 | 1.12 million ha | -9.3% |
| 2009 | 905,209 ha | -18.9% |
| 2010 | 855,932 ha | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 911,393 ha | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 1.85 million ha | +102.6% |
| 2013 | 1.70 million ha | -8.0% |
| 2014 | 1.90 million ha | +11.9% |
| 2015 | 2.00 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 1.92 million ha | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 1.97 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 2.15 million ha | +9.2% |
| 2019 | 1.89 million ha | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 1.78 million ha | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 1.83 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 1.86 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 1.84 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 1.82 million ha | -0.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Melonseed — Area harvested in World 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 | +102.6% | 911,393 ha | 1.85 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 492,175 ha | 436,360 ha | 682,431 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 455,045 ha | 269,941 ha | 778,812 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 374,340 ha | 266,674 ha | 556,003 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 697,723 ha | 588,875 ha | 929,433 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.07 million ha | 905,209 ha | 1.23 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.72 million ha | 855,932 ha | 2.15 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.83 million ha | 1.78 million ha | 1.86 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 Nigeria 902,028 ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is melonseed — area harvested in World?
- Melonseed — area harvested in World was 1.82 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest melonseed — area harvested recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 2.15 million ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest melonseed — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 266,674 ha in 1982.
- How does World rank for melonseed — area harvested?
- World ranks 1st out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is melonseed — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this World 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.