Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 5,369 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Colombia stood at 5,369 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.3% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 6,989 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 340 ha, in 1961.
Colombia ranks 25th of 105 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 340 ha | — |
| 1962 | 345 ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 350 ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 355 ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 360 ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 365 ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 370 ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 375 ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 380 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 385 ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 390 ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 395 ha | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 400 ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 426 ha | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 390 ha | -8.5% |
| 1976 | 500 ha | +28.2% |
| 1977 | 560 ha | +12.0% |
| 1978 | 570 ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 600 ha | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 620 ha | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 640 ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 650 ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 850 ha | +30.8% |
| 1985 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 902 ha | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 918 ha | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 550 ha | -40.1% |
| 1989 | 520 ha | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 515 ha | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 1,188 ha | +130.7% |
| 1992 | 810 ha | -31.8% |
| 1993 | 850 ha | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 885 ha | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 970 ha | +9.6% |
| 1996 | 870 ha | -10.3% |
| 1997 | 1,114 ha | +28.0% |
| 1998 | 1,198 ha | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 900 ha | -24.9% |
| 2000 | 1,148 ha | +27.6% |
| 2001 | 1,337 ha | +16.5% |
| 2002 | 1,709 ha | +27.8% |
| 2003 | 1,835 ha | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 1,604 ha | -12.6% |
| 2005 | 1,944 ha | +21.2% |
| 2006 | 1,842 ha | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 2,501 ha | +35.8% |
| 2008 | 2,339 ha | -6.5% |
| 2009 | 2,982 ha | +27.5% |
| 2010 | 3,476 ha | +16.6% |
| 2011 | 2,454 ha | -29.4% |
| 2012 | 3,581 ha | +45.9% |
| 2013 | 4,804 ha | +34.2% |
| 2014 | 5,686 ha | +18.4% |
| 2015 | 4,528 ha | -20.4% |
| 2016 | 4,024 ha | -11.1% |
| 2017 | 4,566 ha | +13.5% |
| 2018 | 4,341 ha | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 6,989 ha | +61.0% |
| 2020 | 5,395 ha | -22.8% |
| 2021 | 4,735 ha | -12.2% |
| 2022 | 4,241 ha | -10.4% |
| 2023 | 4,740 ha | +11.8% |
| 2024 | 5,369 ha | +13.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 360 ha | 340 ha | 380 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 461.6 ha | 385 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 710 ha | 520 ha | 918 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 930 ha | 515 ha | 1,198 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,924 ha | 1,148 ha | 2,982 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,445 ha | 2,454 ha | 6,989 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,896 ha | 4,241 ha | 5,395 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 851.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.2113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2122 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Colombia?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Colombia was 5,369 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 Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 6,989 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 340 ha in 1961.
- How does Colombia rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 25th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Colombia 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.