Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Paraguay
Paraguay: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 8,196 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 8,196 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Paraguay peaked at 8,200 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 3,500 ha, in 1961.
That places Paraguay 17th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 4,200 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 4,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 4,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 4,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1978 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,600 ha | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 5,000 ha | -10.7% |
| 1987 | 6,500 ha | +30.0% |
| 1988 | 6,700 ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 6,800 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 6,900 ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 7,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 7,100 ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 7,200 ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 7,400 ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 7,000 ha | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 7,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 7,400 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 7,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 8,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 7,679 ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 7,500 ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 7,715 ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 8,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 7,660 ha | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 7,720 ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 7,788 ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 7,750 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 7,800 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 7,850 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 7,911 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 7,964 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 8,200 ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 8,052 ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 8,043 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 8,067 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 8,102 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 8,119 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 8,128 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 8,148 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 8,159 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 8,162 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 8,168 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 8,182 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 8,196 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,900 ha | 3,500 ha | 4,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,090 ha | 4,400 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,060 ha | 5,000 ha | 6,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,270 ha | 6,900 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,746 ha | 7,500 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,073 ha | 7,911 ha | 8,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,173 ha | 8,159 ha | 8,196 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1164 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 817.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5603 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2961 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 11.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 11.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Paraguay?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Paraguay was 8,196 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 Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 8,200 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Paraguay rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Paraguay ranks 17th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.