Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Honduras
Honduras: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 5,218 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Honduras, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 5,218 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Honduras peaked at 10,973 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 107 ha, in 1961.
That places Honduras 26th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Honduras, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 107 ha | — |
| 1962 | 108 ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 109 ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 112 ha | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 114 ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 112 ha | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 130 ha | +16.1% |
| 1968 | 145 ha | +11.5% |
| 1969 | 162 ha | +11.7% |
| 1970 | 181 ha | +11.7% |
| 1971 | 201 ha | +11.0% |
| 1972 | 224 ha | +11.4% |
| 1973 | 250 ha | +11.6% |
| 1974 | 365 ha | +46.0% |
| 1975 | 407 ha | +11.5% |
| 1976 | 454 ha | +11.5% |
| 1977 | 505 ha | +11.2% |
| 1978 | 563 ha | +11.5% |
| 1979 | 701 ha | +24.5% |
| 1980 | 682 ha | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 1,100 ha | +61.3% |
| 1982 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1983 | 1,195 ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 1,200 ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1986 | 1,400 ha | +27.3% |
| 1987 | 3,000 ha | +114.3% |
| 1988 | 2,600 ha | -13.3% |
| 1989 | 4,100 ha | +57.7% |
| 1990 | 4,500 ha | +9.8% |
| 1991 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1992 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1993 | 6,035 ha | +50.9% |
| 1994 | 7,000 ha | +16.0% |
| 1995 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 10,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1997 | 7,000 ha | -30.0% |
| 1998 | 10,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1999 | 4,900 ha | -51.0% |
| 2000 | 5,700 ha | +16.3% |
| 2001 | 6,450 ha | +13.2% |
| 2002 | 7,100 ha | +10.1% |
| 2003 | 7,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 7,600 ha | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 7,100 ha | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 7,400 ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 6,779 ha | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 7,253 ha | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 7,685 ha | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 7,665 ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 10,973 ha | +43.2% |
| 2012 | 9,550 ha | -13.0% |
| 2013 | 9,754 ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 5,541 ha | -43.2% |
| 2015 | 4,986 ha | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 4,617 ha | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 5,400 ha | +17.0% |
| 2018 | 5,928 ha | +9.8% |
| 2019 | 5,315 ha | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 5,547 ha | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 5,597 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 5,352 ha | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 5,287 ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 5,218 ha | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 122.11 ha | 107 ha | 162 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 385.1 ha | 181 ha | 701 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,758 ha | 682 ha | 4,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,544 ha | 4,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,017 ha | 5,700 ha | 7,685 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,973 ha | 4,617 ha | 10,973 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,400 ha | 5,218 ha | 5,597 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1332 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 479.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.513 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4075 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.3% (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 Honduras?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Honduras was 5,218 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 Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 10,973 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 107 ha in 1961.
- How does Honduras rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Honduras ranks 26th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Honduras 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.