Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Brazil
Brazil: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 31,287 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 31,287 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 42.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 31,287 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,926 ha, in 1976.
That places Brazil 6th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,197 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,271 ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 5,641 ha | -10.0% |
| 1964 | 6,127 ha | +8.6% |
| 1965 | 6,144 ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 4,862 ha | -20.9% |
| 1967 | 4,833 ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 4,665 ha | -3.5% |
| 1969 | 4,971 ha | +6.6% |
| 1970 | 4,777 ha | -3.9% |
| 1971 | 5,692 ha | +19.2% |
| 1972 | 5,764 ha | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 5,211 ha | -9.6% |
| 1974 | 4,348 ha | -16.6% |
| 1975 | 4,109 ha | -5.5% |
| 1976 | 3,926 ha | -4.5% |
| 1977 | 4,285 ha | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 4,284 ha | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,157 ha | +20.4% |
| 1980 | 5,671 ha | +10.0% |
| 1981 | 5,514 ha | -2.8% |
| 1982 | 5,990 ha | +8.6% |
| 1983 | 6,507 ha | +8.6% |
| 1984 | 6,288 ha | -3.4% |
| 1985 | 6,395 ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 5,915 ha | -7.5% |
| 1987 | 6,592 ha | +11.4% |
| 1988 | 6,840 ha | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 7,413 ha | +8.4% |
| 1990 | 7,842 ha | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 9,629 ha | +22.8% |
| 1992 | 9,687 ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 11,730 ha | +21.1% |
| 1994 | 11,506 ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 13,294 ha | +15.5% |
| 1996 | 13,926 ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 13,594 ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 13,855 ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 11,453 ha | -17.3% |
| 2000 | 11,399 ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 14,198 ha | +24.6% |
| 2002 | 16,875 ha | +18.9% |
| 2003 | 16,266 ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 15,499 ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 15,981 ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 21,350 ha | +33.6% |
| 2007 | 21,576 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 15,746 ha | -27.0% |
| 2009 | 17,544 ha | +11.4% |
| 2010 | 18,861 ha | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 19,695 ha | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 22,789 ha | +15.7% |
| 2013 | 22,021 ha | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 21,996 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 20,762 ha | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 23,105 ha | +11.3% |
| 2017 | 23,413 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 23,324 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 22,212 ha | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 24,518 ha | +10.4% |
| 2021 | 23,859 ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 27,466 ha | +15.1% |
| 2023 | 30,695 ha | +11.8% |
| 2024 | 31,287 ha | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,523 ha | 4,665 ha | 6,271 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,755 ha | 3,926 ha | 5,764 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,312 ha | 5,514 ha | 7,413 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,652 ha | 7,842 ha | 13,926 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,643 ha | 11,399 ha | 21,576 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,818 ha | 18,861 ha | 23,413 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,565 ha | 23,859 ha | 31,287 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 3 India 66,614 ha compare
- 4 Afghanistan 64,800 ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 60,429 ha compare
- 7 Italy 26,280 ha compare
- 8 Pakistan 19,762 ha compare
- 9 Bangladesh 19,447 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.09 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.09 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Brazil?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Brazil was 31,287 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 Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 31,287 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,926 ha in 1976.
- How does Brazil rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 6th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil 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.