Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in El Salvador
El Salvador: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 115 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 115 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 60.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in El Salvador peaked at 1,900 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 37 ha, in 2018.
That places El Salvador 73rd 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 El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 850 ha | — |
| 1962 | 860 ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 870 ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 880 ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 890 ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 900 ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 920 ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 920 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 900 ha | -2.2% |
| 1970 | 920 ha | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 940 ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 1,140 ha | +21.3% |
| 1973 | 1,150 ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 1,150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,100 ha | -4.3% |
| 1977 | 930 ha | -15.5% |
| 1978 | 1,020 ha | +9.7% |
| 1979 | 1,020 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,050 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 1,100 ha | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1984 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1985 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 1,750 ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 1,780 ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 1,850 ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 1,880 ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 1,900 ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,300 ha | -31.6% |
| 1999 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,200 ha | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 700 ha | -41.7% |
| 2003 | 650 ha | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 900 ha | +38.5% |
| 2005 | 500 ha | -44.4% |
| 2006 | 90 ha | -82.0% |
| 2007 | 64 ha | -28.9% |
| 2008 | 71 ha | +10.9% |
| 2009 | 85 ha | +19.7% |
| 2010 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 96 ha | +12.9% |
| 2012 | 108 ha | +12.5% |
| 2013 | 234 ha | +116.7% |
| 2014 | 290 ha | +23.9% |
| 2015 | 99 ha | -65.9% |
| 2016 | 61 ha | -38.4% |
| 2017 | 44 ha | -27.9% |
| 2018 | 37 ha | -15.9% |
| 2019 | 71 ha | +91.9% |
| 2020 | 60 ha | -15.5% |
| 2021 | 172 ha | +186.7% |
| 2022 | 234 ha | +36.0% |
| 2023 | 115 ha | -50.9% |
| 2024 | 115 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 887.78 ha | 850 ha | 920 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,052 ha | 920 ha | 1,150 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,315 ha | 1,050 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,726 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 556 ha | 64 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 112.5 ha | 37 ha | 290 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 139.2 ha | 60 ha | 234 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.044 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 253.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2448 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.4% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in El Salvador?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in El Salvador was 115 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 El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1,900 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 37 ha in 2018.
- How does El Salvador rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 73rd out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.