Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 2,400 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Portugal, 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 Portugal is 2,400 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 29.0% on the previous year and down 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 6,338 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1,300 ha, in 1965.
That places Portugal 44th out of 105 countries 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 Portugal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,900 ha | -5.0% |
| 1963 | 2,200 ha | +15.8% |
| 1964 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,300 ha | -40.9% |
| 1966 | 1,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 1967 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 4,700 ha | +193.8% |
| 1969 | 5,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1970 | 4,700 ha | -6.0% |
| 1971 | 4,100 ha | -12.8% |
| 1972 | 3,000 ha | -26.8% |
| 1973 | 3,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 3,325 ha | -5.0% |
| 1975 | 3,000 ha | -9.8% |
| 1976 | 3,200 ha | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 3,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1978 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 3,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1980 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 3,150 ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 3,100 ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 3,120 ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 3,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 3,199 ha | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 3,341 ha | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 3,509 ha | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 3,692 ha | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 3,880 ha | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 4,056 ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 4,342 ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 4,455 ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 3,278 ha | -26.4% |
| 2003 | 6,338 ha | +93.3% |
| 2004 | 5,992 ha | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 5,548 ha | -7.4% |
| 2006 | 5,056 ha | -8.9% |
| 2007 | 3,956 ha | -21.8% |
| 2008 | 3,150 ha | -20.4% |
| 2009 | 2,675 ha | -15.1% |
| 2010 | 2,257 ha | -15.6% |
| 2011 | 1,852 ha | -17.9% |
| 2012 | 1,382 ha | -25.4% |
| 2013 | 1,721 ha | +24.5% |
| 2014 | 2,763 ha | +60.5% |
| 2015 | 2,105 ha | -23.8% |
| 2016 | 1,641 ha | -22.0% |
| 2017 | 1,651 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1,940 ha | +17.5% |
| 2019 | 2,030 ha | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 2,170 ha | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 2,490 ha | +14.7% |
| 2022 | 1,990 ha | -20.1% |
| 2023 | 1,860 ha | -6.5% |
| 2024 | 2,400 ha | +29.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,489 ha | 1,300 ha | 5,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,392 ha | 3,000 ha | 4,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,047 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,150 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,368 ha | 3,000 ha | 4,056 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,479 ha | 2,675 ha | 6,338 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,934 ha | 1,382 ha | 2,763 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,182 ha | 1,860 ha | 2,490 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 41 Saudi Arabia 2,567 ha compare
- 42 Romania 2,540 ha compare
- 43 South Sudan 2,472 ha compare
- 45 Mali 2,342 ha compare
- 46 Costa Rica 2,317 ha compare
- 47 Philippines 2,132 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Portugal?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Portugal was 2,400 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 6,338 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,300 ha in 1965.
- How does Portugal rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 44th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.