Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Guatemala
Guatemala: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 15,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Guatemala, 1980–2024
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 Guatemala is 15,000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and down 39.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Guatemala peaked at 28,744 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 509 ha, in 1980.
Guatemala ranks 13th 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 Guatemala, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 509 ha | — |
| 1981 | 865 ha | +69.9% |
| 1982 | 1,468 ha | +69.7% |
| 1983 | 1,307 ha | -11.0% |
| 1984 | 1,583 ha | +21.1% |
| 1985 | 1,794 ha | +13.3% |
| 1986 | 2,036 ha | +13.5% |
| 1987 | 2,209 ha | +8.5% |
| 1988 | 2,397 ha | +8.5% |
| 1989 | 2,675 ha | +11.6% |
| 1990 | 2,895 ha | +8.2% |
| 1991 | 3,115 ha | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 2,800 ha | -10.1% |
| 1993 | 3,010 ha | +7.5% |
| 1994 | 3,080 ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 3,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 1996 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3,570 ha | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 5,600 ha | +56.9% |
| 1999 | 5,740 ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 5,880 ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 5,521 ha | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 9,500 ha | +72.1% |
| 2003 | 13,045 ha | +37.3% |
| 2004 | 13,069 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 14,397 ha | +10.2% |
| 2006 | 14,397 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 18,171 ha | +26.2% |
| 2008 | 15,725 ha | -13.5% |
| 2009 | 22,854 ha | +45.3% |
| 2010 | 22,924 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 23,693 ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 24,531 ha | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 24,881 ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 24,601 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 24,881 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 25,160 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 25,428 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 25,400 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 28,744 ha | +13.2% |
| 2020 | 23,479 ha | -18.3% |
| 2021 | 21,620 ha | -7.9% |
| 2022 | 13,512 ha | -37.5% |
| 2023 | 14,616 ha | +8.2% |
| 2024 | 15,000 ha | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,684 ha | 509 ha | 2,675 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,681 ha | 2,800 ha | 5,740 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,256 ha | 5,521 ha | 22,854 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,024 ha | 22,924 ha | 28,744 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,645 ha | 13,512 ha | 23,479 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Guatemala
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0955 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 630.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.437 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 9.55 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.55 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Guatemala?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Guatemala was 15,000 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 Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 28,744 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 509 ha in 1980.
- How does Guatemala rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Guatemala ranks 13th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guatemala 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.