Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Argentina
Argentina: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 5,204 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Argentina, 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 Argentina is 5,204 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Argentina peaked at 6,425 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 3,700 ha, in 1974.
Argentina ranks 27th of 105 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Argentina, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,791 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,923 ha | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 4,923 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,934 ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 4,957 ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 4,607 ha | -7.1% |
| 1967 | 5,010 ha | +8.7% |
| 1968 | 4,550 ha | -9.2% |
| 1969 | 4,240 ha | -6.8% |
| 1970 | 4,515 ha | +6.5% |
| 1971 | 5,060 ha | +12.1% |
| 1972 | 4,540 ha | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 5,900 ha | +30.0% |
| 1974 | 3,700 ha | -37.3% |
| 1975 | 5,720 ha | +54.6% |
| 1976 | 5,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 1977 | 5,350 ha | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 5,800 ha | +8.4% |
| 1979 | 5,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 5,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,200 ha | -11.9% |
| 1982 | 4,700 ha | -9.6% |
| 1983 | 4,940 ha | +5.1% |
| 1984 | 5,300 ha | +7.3% |
| 1985 | 5,340 ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 5,540 ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 5,100 ha | -7.9% |
| 1988 | 6,425 ha | +26.0% |
| 1989 | 5,880 ha | -8.5% |
| 1990 | 6,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 6,100 ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 6,200 ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 5,500 ha | -11.3% |
| 1995 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1996 | 6,135 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 5,000 ha | -18.5% |
| 1998 | 4,013 ha | -19.7% |
| 1999 | 4,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 4,400 ha | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 4,100 ha | -6.8% |
| 2002 | 4,700 ha | +14.6% |
| 2003 | 4,696 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 4,800 ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 4,830 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 5,000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 5,560 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 4,915 ha | -11.6% |
| 2010 | 5,007 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 5,027 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 5,046 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 5,066 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 5,090 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 5,271 ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 5,142 ha | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 5,090 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 5,018 ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 5,002 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 5,002 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 5,093 ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 5,154 ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 5,180 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 5,204 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,771 ha | 4,240 ha | 5,010 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,198 ha | 3,700 ha | 5,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,432 ha | 4,700 ha | 6,425 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,495 ha | 4,000 ha | 6,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,850 ha | 4,100 ha | 5,560 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,076 ha | 5,002 ha | 5,271 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,127 ha | 5,002 ha | 5,204 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Argentina?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Argentina was 5,204 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 Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 6,425 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,700 ha in 1974.
- How does Argentina rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 27th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Argentina 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.