Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Cuba
Cuba: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 6,356 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 6,356 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Cuba peaked at 9,769 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 859 ha, in 1969.
That places Cuba 23rd out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Cuba, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,600 ha | -11.1% |
| 1963 | 1,697 ha | +6.1% |
| 1964 | 1,524 ha | -10.2% |
| 1965 | 2,683 ha | +76.0% |
| 1966 | 1,334 ha | -50.3% |
| 1967 | 3,194 ha | +139.4% |
| 1968 | 1,186 ha | -62.9% |
| 1969 | 859 ha | -27.6% |
| 1970 | 1,155 ha | +34.5% |
| 1971 | 1,961 ha | +69.8% |
| 1972 | 3,687 ha | +88.0% |
| 1973 | 3,544 ha | -3.9% |
| 1974 | 4,407 ha | +24.4% |
| 1975 | 8,044 ha | +82.5% |
| 1976 | 7,353 ha | -8.6% |
| 1977 | 4,200 ha | -42.9% |
| 1978 | 4,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1980 | 7,083 ha | +41.7% |
| 1981 | 7,822 ha | +10.4% |
| 1982 | 6,933 ha | -11.4% |
| 1983 | 8,873 ha | +28.0% |
| 1984 | 7,522 ha | -15.2% |
| 1985 | 7,776 ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 6,230 ha | -19.9% |
| 1987 | 6,244 ha | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 6,620 ha | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 7,206 ha | +8.9% |
| 1990 | 7,300 ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 7,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 7,100 ha | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 7,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 6,300 ha | -10.0% |
| 1997 | 6,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 6,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 6,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 6,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 6,500 ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 7,260 ha | +11.7% |
| 2003 | 8,379 ha | +15.4% |
| 2004 | 9,769 ha | +16.6% |
| 2005 | 8,400 ha | -14.0% |
| 2006 | 7,692 ha | -8.4% |
| 2007 | 7,045 ha | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 6,863 ha | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 6,670 ha | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 6,424 ha | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 6,438 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 6,350 ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 6,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 6,300 ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 6,156 ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 6,269 ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 6,322 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 6,282 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 6,266 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 6,247 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 6,291 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 6,336 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 6,346 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 6,356 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,764 ha | 859 ha | 3,194 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,335 ha | 1,155 ha | 8,044 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,231 ha | 6,230 ha | 8,873 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,790 ha | 6,300 ha | 7,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,488 ha | 6,300 ha | 9,769 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,316 ha | 6,156 ha | 6,438 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,315 ha | 6,247 ha | 6,356 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.24 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.24 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Cuba?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Cuba was 6,356 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 Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 9,769 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 859 ha in 1969.
- How does Cuba rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Cuba ranks 23rd out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba 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.