Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 2,317 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Costa Rica is 2,317 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and down 50.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 10,770 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Costa Rica 46th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 200 ha | — |
| 1984 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 300 ha | +50.0% |
| 1987 | 650 ha | +116.7% |
| 1988 | 1,100 ha | +69.2% |
| 1989 | 1,400 ha | +27.3% |
| 1990 | 2,375 ha | +69.6% |
| 1991 | 2,700 ha | +13.7% |
| 1992 | 4,205 ha | +55.7% |
| 1993 | 4,218 ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 4,409 ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 3,997 ha | -9.3% |
| 1996 | 4,371 ha | +9.4% |
| 1997 | 5,888 ha | +34.7% |
| 1998 | 5,310 ha | -9.8% |
| 1999 | 7,920 ha | +49.2% |
| 2000 | 7,185 ha | -9.3% |
| 2001 | 7,598 ha | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 8,500 ha | +11.9% |
| 2003 | 10,405 ha | +22.4% |
| 2004 | 10,770 ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 10,196 ha | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 10,202 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 10,345 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 8,640 ha | -16.5% |
| 2009 | 5,703 ha | -34.0% |
| 2010 | 6,591 ha | +15.6% |
| 2011 | 5,132 ha | -22.1% |
| 2012 | 4,600 ha | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 4,579 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 4,686 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 5,566 ha | +18.8% |
| 2016 | 5,163 ha | -7.2% |
| 2017 | 5,010 ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 3,958 ha | -21.0% |
| 2019 | 3,690 ha | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 2,723 ha | -26.2% |
| 2021 | 2,147 ha | -21.2% |
| 2022 | 2,274 ha | +5.9% |
| 2023 | 2,380 ha | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 2,317 ha | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 405 ha | 0 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,539 ha | 2,375 ha | 7,920 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,954 ha | 5,703 ha | 10,770 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,898 ha | 3,690 ha | 6,591 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,368 ha | 2,147 ha | 2,723 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Costa Rica was 2,317 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 Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 10,770 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 46th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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.