Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 203 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Jamaica, 2007–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Jamaica stood at 203 ha.
The figure is down 11.7% on the previous year and down 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 286 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 194 ha, in 2020.
That places Jamaica 69th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 213 ha | — |
| 2008 | 245 ha | +15.0% |
| 2009 | 213 ha | -13.1% |
| 2010 | 235 ha | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 203 ha | -13.6% |
| 2012 | 247 ha | +21.7% |
| 2013 | 286 ha | +15.8% |
| 2014 | 260 ha | -9.1% |
| 2015 | 215 ha | -17.3% |
| 2016 | 256 ha | +19.1% |
| 2017 | 211 ha | -17.6% |
| 2018 | 247 ha | +17.1% |
| 2019 | 234 ha | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 194 ha | -17.1% |
| 2021 | 242 ha | +24.7% |
| 2022 | 254 ha | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 230 ha | -9.4% |
| 2024 | 203 ha | -11.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 223.67 ha | 213 ha | 245 ha | 3 |
| 2010s | 239.4 ha | 203 ha | 286 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 224.6 ha | 194 ha | 254 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Jamaica was 203 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 286 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 194 ha in 2020.
- How does Jamaica rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 69th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.