Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 10,861 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 10,861 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and up 29.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 12,923 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 1,156 ha, in 1969.
That places Caribbean 22nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,053 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,858 ha | -9.5% |
| 1963 | 1,959 ha | +5.4% |
| 1964 | 1,791 ha | -8.6% |
| 1965 | 2,958 ha | +65.2% |
| 1966 | 1,650 ha | -44.2% |
| 1967 | 3,470 ha | +110.3% |
| 1968 | 1,467 ha | -57.7% |
| 1969 | 1,156 ha | -21.2% |
| 1970 | 1,442 ha | +24.7% |
| 1971 | 2,263 ha | +56.9% |
| 1972 | 3,939 ha | +74.1% |
| 1973 | 3,802 ha | -3.5% |
| 1974 | 4,664 ha | +22.7% |
| 1975 | 8,351 ha | +79.1% |
| 1976 | 7,703 ha | -7.8% |
| 1977 | 4,547 ha | -41.0% |
| 1978 | 4,321 ha | -5.0% |
| 1979 | 5,335 ha | +23.5% |
| 1980 | 7,411 ha | +38.9% |
| 1981 | 8,210 ha | +10.8% |
| 1982 | 7,459 ha | -9.1% |
| 1983 | 9,668 ha | +29.6% |
| 1984 | 8,435 ha | -12.8% |
| 1985 | 10,349 ha | +22.7% |
| 1986 | 8,529 ha | -17.6% |
| 1987 | 8,529 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 9,180 ha | +7.6% |
| 1989 | 9,991 ha | +8.8% |
| 1990 | 9,862 ha | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 9,701 ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 9,460 ha | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 9,263 ha | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 9,603 ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 9,856 ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 9,218 ha | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 9,698 ha | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 9,260 ha | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 9,538 ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 10,049 ha | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 9,957 ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 10,843 ha | +8.9% |
| 2003 | 12,163 ha | +12.2% |
| 2004 | 12,923 ha | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 11,033 ha | -14.6% |
| 2006 | 10,306 ha | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 8,702 ha | -15.6% |
| 2008 | 8,333 ha | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 8,135 ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 7,737 ha | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 7,762 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 7,604 ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 8,258 ha | +8.6% |
| 2014 | 8,365 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 8,341 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 8,200 ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 8,396 ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 8,339 ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 8,381 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 7,704 ha | -8.1% |
| 2021 | 7,830 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 10,095 ha | +28.9% |
| 2023 | 10,468 ha | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 10,861 ha | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,040 ha | 1,156 ha | 3,470 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,637 ha | 1,442 ha | 8,351 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,776 ha | 7,411 ha | 10,349 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,546 ha | 9,218 ha | 9,862 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,244 ha | 8,135 ha | 12,923 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,138 ha | 7,604 ha | 8,396 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,392 ha | 7,704 ha | 10,861 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Caribbean was 10,861 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 Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 12,923 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,156 ha in 1969.
- How does Caribbean rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 22nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.