Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 1,569 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 1,569 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 3,770 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 70 ha, in 1969.
Ecuador ranks 54th of 105 countries on this measure, 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 Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 350 ha | — |
| 1962 | 520 ha | +48.6% |
| 1963 | 420 ha | -19.2% |
| 1964 | 540 ha | +28.6% |
| 1965 | 372 ha | -31.1% |
| 1966 | 263 ha | -29.3% |
| 1967 | 230 ha | -12.5% |
| 1968 | 228 ha | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 70 ha | -69.3% |
| 1970 | 137 ha | +95.7% |
| 1971 | 161 ha | +17.5% |
| 1972 | 533 ha | +231.1% |
| 1973 | 349 ha | -34.5% |
| 1974 | 461 ha | +32.1% |
| 1975 | 496 ha | +7.6% |
| 1976 | 572 ha | +15.3% |
| 1977 | 664 ha | +16.1% |
| 1978 | 571 ha | -14.0% |
| 1979 | 565 ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 818 ha | +44.8% |
| 1981 | 1,097 ha | +34.1% |
| 1982 | 442 ha | -59.7% |
| 1983 | 450 ha | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 887 ha | +97.1% |
| 1985 | 1,285 ha | +44.9% |
| 1986 | 1,244 ha | -3.2% |
| 1987 | 1,410 ha | +13.3% |
| 1988 | 2,190 ha | +55.3% |
| 1989 | 2,460 ha | +12.3% |
| 1990 | 3,330 ha | +35.4% |
| 1991 | 3,770 ha | +13.2% |
| 1992 | 3,320 ha | -11.9% |
| 1993 | 3,470 ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 3,030 ha | -12.7% |
| 1995 | 1,130 ha | -62.7% |
| 1996 | 3,300 ha | +192.0% |
| 1997 | 500 ha | -84.8% |
| 1998 | 1,600 ha | +220.0% |
| 1999 | 2,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2000 | 1,095 ha | -45.2% |
| 2001 | 1,500 ha | +37.0% |
| 2002 | 1,250 ha | -16.7% |
| 2003 | 1,400 ha | +12.0% |
| 2004 | 1,455 ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 1,426 ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 1,450 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 1,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 2,600 ha | +73.3% |
| 2009 | 2,631 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 1,873 ha | -28.8% |
| 2011 | 1,815 ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 1,867 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 1,851 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 1,665 ha | -10.0% |
| 2015 | 1,660 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 1,725 ha | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 1,631 ha | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 1,601 ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 1,594 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,575 ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 1,588 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 1,592 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,581 ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 1,569 ha | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 332.56 ha | 70 ha | 540 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 450.9 ha | 137 ha | 664 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,228 ha | 442 ha | 2,460 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,545 ha | 500 ha | 3,770 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,631 ha | 1,095 ha | 2,631 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,728 ha | 1,594 ha | 1,873 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,581 ha | 1,569 ha | 1,592 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.097 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 691.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4287 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 9.7 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.7 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Ecuador was 1,569 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 Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 3,770 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 70 ha in 1969.
- How does Ecuador rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 54th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.