Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 1,534 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Peru, 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 Peru is 1,534 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 51.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Peru peaked at 1,534 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 400 ha, in 1961.
That places Peru 55th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 460 ha | +15.0% |
| 1967 | 430 ha | -6.5% |
| 1968 | 700 ha | +62.8% |
| 1969 | 710 ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 756 ha | +6.5% |
| 1971 | 735 ha | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 793 ha | +7.9% |
| 1973 | 596 ha | -24.8% |
| 1974 | 686 ha | +15.1% |
| 1975 | 651 ha | -5.1% |
| 1976 | 700 ha | +7.5% |
| 1977 | 696 ha | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 692 ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 572 ha | -17.3% |
| 1980 | 516 ha | -9.8% |
| 1981 | 580 ha | +12.4% |
| 1982 | 500 ha | -13.8% |
| 1983 | 526 ha | +5.2% |
| 1984 | 667 ha | +26.8% |
| 1985 | 596 ha | -10.6% |
| 1986 | 629 ha | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 702 ha | +11.6% |
| 1988 | 614 ha | -12.5% |
| 1989 | 622 ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 561 ha | -9.8% |
| 1991 | 522 ha | -7.0% |
| 1992 | 453 ha | -13.2% |
| 1993 | 439 ha | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 765 ha | +74.3% |
| 1995 | 893 ha | +16.7% |
| 1996 | 792 ha | -11.3% |
| 1997 | 821 ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 934 ha | +13.8% |
| 1999 | 930 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 1,033 ha | +11.1% |
| 2001 | 1,071 ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 751 ha | -29.9% |
| 2003 | 773 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 986 ha | +27.6% |
| 2005 | 898 ha | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 900 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 880 ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 1,047 ha | +19.0% |
| 2009 | 986 ha | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 843 ha | -14.5% |
| 2011 | 977 ha | +15.9% |
| 2012 | 1,068 ha | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 1,036 ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 1,015 ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 1,115 ha | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 1,237 ha | +10.9% |
| 2017 | 1,169 ha | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 1,189 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 1,136 ha | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 1,194 ha | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 1,462 ha | +22.4% |
| 2022 | 1,484 ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 1,510 ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 1,534 ha | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 477.78 ha | 400 ha | 710 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 687.7 ha | 572 ha | 793 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 595.2 ha | 500 ha | 702 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 711 ha | 439 ha | 934 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 932.5 ha | 751 ha | 1,071 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,078 ha | 843 ha | 1,237 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,437 ha | 1,194 ha | 1,534 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0747 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 637.02 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.144 units per person (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Peru?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Peru was 1,534 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 1,534 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 ha in 1961.
- How does Peru rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 55th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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.