Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 137,787 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Americas is 137,787 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Americas peaked at 177,695 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 77,349 ha, in 1974.
Americas ranks 6th of 27 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 95,732 ha | — |
| 1962 | 102,486 ha | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 98,011 ha | -4.4% |
| 1964 | 99,638 ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 93,392 ha | -6.3% |
| 1966 | 84,935 ha | -9.1% |
| 1967 | 92,017 ha | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 90,815 ha | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 96,250 ha | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 89,434 ha | -7.1% |
| 1971 | 88,592 ha | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 89,124 ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 89,012 ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 77,349 ha | -13.1% |
| 1975 | 80,032 ha | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 82,047 ha | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 84,532 ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 103,675 ha | +22.6% |
| 1979 | 104,517 ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 106,340 ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 101,983 ha | -4.1% |
| 1982 | 116,804 ha | +14.5% |
| 1983 | 111,623 ha | -4.4% |
| 1984 | 120,483 ha | +7.9% |
| 1985 | 125,960 ha | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 136,735 ha | +8.6% |
| 1987 | 134,482 ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 140,504 ha | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 157,074 ha | +11.8% |
| 1990 | 154,278 ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 163,689 ha | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 157,493 ha | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 146,416 ha | -7.0% |
| 1994 | 150,110 ha | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 150,875 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 156,019 ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 154,069 ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 156,026 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 158,809 ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 152,525 ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 150,360 ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 159,090 ha | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 162,280 ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 169,464 ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 177,695 ha | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 175,106 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 173,256 ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 165,366 ha | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 159,069 ha | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 163,269 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 163,815 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 154,767 ha | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 156,437 ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 149,722 ha | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 147,826 ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 150,374 ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 147,739 ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 144,505 ha | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 149,094 ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 133,378 ha | -10.5% |
| 2021 | 130,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 129,903 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 135,778 ha | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 137,787 ha | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 94,808 ha | 84,935 ha | 102,486 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 88,831 ha | 77,349 ha | 104,517 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 125,199 ha | 101,983 ha | 157,074 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 154,778 ha | 146,416 ha | 163,689 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 164,421 ha | 150,360 ha | 177,695 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 152,755 ha | 144,505 ha | 163,815 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 133,369 ha | 129,903 ha | 137,787 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 3 India 66,614 ha compare
- 4 Afghanistan 64,800 ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 60,429 ha compare
- 6 Brazil 31,287 ha compare
- 7 Italy 26,280 ha compare
- 8 Pakistan 19,762 ha compare
- 9 Bangladesh 19,447 ha compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Americas?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Americas was 137,787 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 177,695 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 77,349 ha in 1974.
- How does Americas rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 6th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cantaloupes and other melons — 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.