Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 21,982 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 21,982 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.7% on the previous year and down 27.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 69,075 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 18,333 ha, in 2020.
That places Northern America 17th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Northern America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 52,708 ha | — |
| 1962 | 56,067 ha | +6.4% |
| 1963 | 52,810 ha | -5.8% |
| 1964 | 53,184 ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 48,606 ha | -8.6% |
| 1966 | 45,739 ha | -5.9% |
| 1967 | 48,017 ha | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 50,886 ha | +6.0% |
| 1969 | 55,915 ha | +9.9% |
| 1970 | 49,831 ha | -10.9% |
| 1971 | 45,682 ha | -8.3% |
| 1972 | 44,929 ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 43,329 ha | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 33,295 ha | -23.2% |
| 1975 | 35,735 ha | +7.3% |
| 1976 | 36,321 ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 38,679 ha | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 47,921 ha | +23.9% |
| 1979 | 45,645 ha | -4.7% |
| 1980 | 42,730 ha | -6.4% |
| 1981 | 42,916 ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 55,021 ha | +28.2% |
| 1983 | 49,023 ha | -10.9% |
| 1984 | 54,040 ha | +10.2% |
| 1985 | 59,035 ha | +9.2% |
| 1986 | 65,060 ha | +10.2% |
| 1987 | 62,070 ha | -4.6% |
| 1988 | 56,470 ha | -9.0% |
| 1989 | 69,075 ha | +22.3% |
| 1990 | 59,050 ha | -14.5% |
| 1991 | 53,000 ha | -10.2% |
| 1992 | 54,875 ha | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 53,102 ha | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 52,173 ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 51,466 ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 52,343 ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 52,708 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 51,320 ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 54,962 ha | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 52,386 ha | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 49,153 ha | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 46,748 ha | -4.9% |
| 2003 | 44,570 ha | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 44,521 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 45,877 ha | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 46,010 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 37,393 ha | -18.7% |
| 2008 | 36,474 ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 36,782 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 37,438 ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 35,329 ha | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 32,733 ha | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 34,255 ha | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 30,121 ha | -12.1% |
| 2015 | 27,608 ha | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 29,430 ha | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 30,835 ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 30,077 ha | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 23,994 ha | -20.2% |
| 2020 | 18,333 ha | -23.6% |
| 2021 | 21,085 ha | +15.0% |
| 2022 | 21,776 ha | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 20,791 ha | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 21,982 ha | +5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51,548 ha | 45,739 ha | 56,067 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 42,137 ha | 33,295 ha | 49,831 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 55,544 ha | 42,730 ha | 69,075 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 53,500 ha | 51,320 ha | 59,050 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,991 ha | 36,474 ha | 52,386 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,182 ha | 23,994 ha | 37,438 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,793 ha | 18,333 ha | 21,982 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Northern America?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Northern America was 21,982 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 Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 69,075 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,333 ha in 2020.
- How does Northern America rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 17th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America 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.