Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Belize
Belize: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 57 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Belize, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Belize recorded 57 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 12.3% on the previous year and up 338.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Belize peaked at 83 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1 ha, in 1989.
That places Belize 79th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 1 ha | — |
| 1990 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 13 ha | +1200.0% |
| 1992 | 12 ha | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 10 ha | -16.7% |
| 1994 | 2 ha | -80.0% |
| 1995 | 1 ha | -50.0% |
| 1996 | 10 ha | +900.0% |
| 1997 | 6 ha | -40.0% |
| 1998 | 7 ha | +16.7% |
| 1999 | 8 ha | +14.3% |
| 2000 | 20 ha | +150.0% |
| 2001 | 51 ha | +155.0% |
| 2002 | 25 ha | -51.0% |
| 2003 | 32 ha | +28.0% |
| 2004 | 20 ha | -37.5% |
| 2005 | 25 ha | +25.0% |
| 2006 | 32 ha | +28.0% |
| 2007 | 19 ha | -40.6% |
| 2008 | 17 ha | -10.5% |
| 2009 | 20 ha | +17.6% |
| 2010 | 27 ha | +35.0% |
| 2011 | 24 ha | -11.1% |
| 2012 | 23 ha | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 24 ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 13 ha | -45.8% |
| 2015 | 24 ha | +84.6% |
| 2016 | 66 ha | +175.0% |
| 2017 | 83 ha | +25.8% |
| 2018 | 73 ha | -12.0% |
| 2019 | 59 ha | -19.2% |
| 2020 | 67 ha | +13.6% |
| 2021 | 44 ha | -34.3% |
| 2022 | 60 ha | +36.4% |
| 2023 | 65 ha | +8.3% |
| 2024 | 57 ha | -12.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 7 ha | 1 ha | 13 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.1 ha | 17 ha | 51 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.6 ha | 13 ha | 83 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.6 ha | 44 ha | 67 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 76 Montenegro 77 ha compare
- 77 Namibia 71 ha compare
- 78 United Arab Emirates 63 ha compare
- 79 North Macedonia 57 ha compare
- 81 French Polynesia 41 ha compare
- 82 Barbados 36 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belize
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0795 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 610.5 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5844 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 7.95 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 7.95 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Belize?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Belize was 57 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 Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 83 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 ha in 1989.
- How does Belize rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 79th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 338.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belize 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.