Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 18,487 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
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 Mexico is 18,487 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 6.4% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 51,506 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 13,705 ha, in 1975.
That places Mexico 10th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,930 ha | — |
| 1962 | 21,778 ha | +15.0% |
| 1963 | 20,873 ha | -4.2% |
| 1964 | 21,009 ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 17,889 ha | -14.9% |
| 1966 | 15,884 ha | -11.2% |
| 1967 | 18,301 ha | +15.2% |
| 1968 | 16,753 ha | -8.5% |
| 1969 | 17,609 ha | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 16,621 ha | -5.6% |
| 1971 | 17,693 ha | +6.4% |
| 1972 | 17,231 ha | -2.6% |
| 1973 | 18,030 ha | +4.6% |
| 1974 | 18,532 ha | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 13,705 ha | -26.0% |
| 1976 | 15,647 ha | +14.2% |
| 1977 | 17,940 ha | +14.7% |
| 1978 | 26,321 ha | +46.7% |
| 1979 | 25,629 ha | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 27,052 ha | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 21,901 ha | -19.0% |
| 1982 | 25,404 ha | +16.0% |
| 1983 | 23,217 ha | -8.6% |
| 1984 | 27,143 ha | +16.9% |
| 1985 | 26,056 ha | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 32,510 ha | +24.8% |
| 1987 | 28,633 ha | -11.9% |
| 1988 | 36,393 ha | +27.1% |
| 1989 | 38,832 ha | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 40,417 ha | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 51,506 ha | +27.4% |
| 1992 | 42,816 ha | -16.9% |
| 1993 | 30,047 ha | -29.8% |
| 1994 | 30,726 ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 28,960 ha | -5.7% |
| 1996 | 27,275 ha | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 30,726 ha | +12.7% |
| 1998 | 26,586 ha | -13.5% |
| 1999 | 30,908 ha | +16.3% |
| 2000 | 28,005 ha | -9.4% |
| 2001 | 23,914 ha | -14.6% |
| 2002 | 22,905 ha | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 20,644 ha | -9.9% |
| 2004 | 22,333 ha | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 22,087 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 22,106 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 21,499 ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 24,011 ha | +11.7% |
| 2009 | 21,024 ha | -12.4% |
| 2010 | 21,418 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 21,169 ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 20,172 ha | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 19,561 ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 18,307 ha | -6.4% |
| 2015 | 19,436 ha | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 20,047 ha | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 19,573 ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 18,959 ha | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 19,838 ha | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 19,116 ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 17,784 ha | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 18,019 ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 19,759 ha | +9.7% |
| 2024 | 18,487 ha | -6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,781 ha | 15,884 ha | 21,778 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,735 ha | 13,705 ha | 26,321 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,714 ha | 21,901 ha | 38,832 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,997 ha | 26,586 ha | 51,506 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,853 ha | 20,644 ha | 28,005 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,848 ha | 18,307 ha | 21,418 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,633 ha | 17,784 ha | 19,759 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 3.88 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.88 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Mexico?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Mexico was 18,487 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 51,506 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,705 ha in 1975.
- How does Mexico rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 10th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mexico 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.