Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Chile
Chile: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 2,968 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Chile, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Chile recorded 2,968 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and down 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Chile peaked at 6,700 ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 2,694 ha, in 2017.
Chile ranks 39th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Chile, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 5,700 ha | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 6,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 6,296 ha | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 5,730 ha | -9.0% |
| 1967 | 5,700 ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 5,400 ha | -5.3% |
| 1969 | 5,300 ha | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 4,900 ha | -7.5% |
| 1971 | 4,700 ha | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 4,550 ha | -3.2% |
| 1973 | 4,400 ha | -3.3% |
| 1974 | 4,100 ha | -6.8% |
| 1975 | 3,693 ha | -9.9% |
| 1976 | 3,869 ha | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 4,089 ha | +5.7% |
| 1978 | 4,800 ha | +17.4% |
| 1979 | 6,600 ha | +37.5% |
| 1980 | 6,700 ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 6,150 ha | -8.2% |
| 1982 | 6,150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 5,800 ha | -3.3% |
| 1985 | 5,100 ha | -12.1% |
| 1986 | 5,300 ha | +3.9% |
| 1987 | 5,459 ha | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 5,240 ha | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 3,705 ha | -29.3% |
| 1990 | 3,739 ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 4,129 ha | +10.4% |
| 1992 | 4,510 ha | +9.2% |
| 1993 | 3,335 ha | -26.1% |
| 1994 | 5,340 ha | +60.1% |
| 1995 | 5,480 ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 5,141 ha | -6.2% |
| 1997 | 3,756 ha | -26.9% |
| 1998 | 3,859 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 3,733 ha | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 4,000 ha | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 4,150 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 3,400 ha | -18.1% |
| 2004 | 3,600 ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 3,500 ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 3,200 ha | -8.6% |
| 2007 | 3,054 ha | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 3,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 3,130 ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 3,279 ha | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 3,197 ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 3,805 ha | +19.0% |
| 2013 | 2,957 ha | -22.3% |
| 2014 | 3,187 ha | +7.8% |
| 2015 | 2,949 ha | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 3,279 ha | +11.2% |
| 2017 | 2,694 ha | -17.8% |
| 2018 | 3,142 ha | +16.6% |
| 2019 | 3,091 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 3,296 ha | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 2,919 ha | -11.4% |
| 2022 | 3,049 ha | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 2,895 ha | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 2,968 ha | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,658 ha | 5,300 ha | 6,296 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,570 ha | 3,693 ha | 6,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,560 ha | 3,705 ha | 6,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,302 ha | 3,335 ha | 5,480 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,513 ha | 3,000 ha | 4,150 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,158 ha | 2,694 ha | 3,805 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,025 ha | 2,895 ha | 3,296 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Chile?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Chile was 2,968 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 Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 6,700 ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,694 ha in 2017.
- How does Chile rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Chile ranks 39th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chile 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.