Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Panama
Panama: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 617 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Panama, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Panama stood at 617 ha.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and down 69.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Panama peaked at 17,500 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 5 ha, in 1970.
That places Panama 59th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Panama, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 7 ha | +16.7% |
| 1970 | 5 ha | -28.6% |
| 1971 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 16 ha | +220.0% |
| 1973 | 25 ha | +56.2% |
| 1974 | 52 ha | +108.0% |
| 1975 | 45 ha | -13.5% |
| 1976 | 55 ha | +22.2% |
| 1977 | 77 ha | +40.0% |
| 1978 | 112 ha | +45.5% |
| 1979 | 93 ha | -17.0% |
| 1980 | 93 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 100 ha | +7.5% |
| 1982 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 110 ha | +10.0% |
| 1984 | 160 ha | +45.5% |
| 1985 | 330 ha | +106.2% |
| 1986 | 340 ha | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 580 ha | +70.6% |
| 1988 | 1,575 ha | +171.6% |
| 1989 | 1,500 ha | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 847 ha | -43.5% |
| 1991 | 900 ha | +6.3% |
| 1992 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 960 ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 970 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 1,500 ha | +54.6% |
| 1996 | 1,400 ha | -6.7% |
| 1997 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 4,200 ha | +180.0% |
| 1999 | 3,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 2000 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 4,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 2002 | 5,500 ha | +22.2% |
| 2003 | 5,660 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 10,000 ha | +76.7% |
| 2005 | 15,600 ha | +56.0% |
| 2006 | 15,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 17,500 ha | +12.2% |
| 2008 | 17,379 ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 6,600 ha | -62.0% |
| 2010 | 2,100 ha | -68.2% |
| 2011 | 2,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 2,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 2,445 ha | +22.2% |
| 2016 | 2,321 ha | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 1,948 ha | -16.1% |
| 2018 | 2,416 ha | +24.0% |
| 2019 | 3,477 ha | +43.9% |
| 2020 | 983 ha | -71.7% |
| 2021 | 626 ha | -36.3% |
| 2022 | 620 ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 640 ha | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 617 ha | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.11 ha | 6 ha | 7 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 48.5 ha | 5 ha | 112 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 488.8 ha | 93 ha | 1,575 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,673 ha | 847 ha | 4,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,194 ha | 3,600 ha | 17,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,281 ha | 1,948 ha | 3,477 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 697.2 ha | 617 ha | 983 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Panama?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Panama was 617 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 Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 17,500 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 ha in 1970.
- How does Panama rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Panama ranks 59th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Panama 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.