Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 85 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 85 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 844.4% on the previous year and up 4,150.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Puerto Rico peaked at 85 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2 ha, in 2014.
Puerto Rico ranks 75th of 105 countries on this measure, 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 Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 15 ha | — |
| 1981 | 54 ha | +260.0% |
| 1982 | 64 ha | +18.5% |
| 1983 | 70 ha | +9.4% |
| 1984 | 40 ha | -42.9% |
| 1985 | 45 ha | +12.5% |
| 1986 | 30 ha | -33.3% |
| 1987 | 5 ha | -83.3% |
| 1988 | 20 ha | +300.0% |
| 1989 | 15 ha | -25.0% |
| 1990 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 56 ha | +273.3% |
| 1992 | 34 ha | -39.3% |
| 1993 | 21 ha | -38.2% |
| 1994 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 33 ha | +57.1% |
| 1996 | 27 ha | -18.2% |
| 1997 | 27 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 27 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 26 ha | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 26 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 26 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 26 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 26 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 22 ha | -15.4% |
| 2005 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 21 ha | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 20 ha | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 19 ha | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 19 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 18 ha | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 10 ha | -44.4% |
| 2013 | 13 ha | +30.0% |
| 2014 | 2 ha | -84.6% |
| 2015 | 16 ha | +700.0% |
| 2016 | 10 ha | -37.5% |
| 2017 | 9 ha | -10.0% |
| 2018 | 12 ha | +33.3% |
| 2019 | 15 ha | +25.0% |
| 2020 | 16 ha | +6.7% |
| 2021 | 15 ha | -6.2% |
| 2022 | 9 ha | -40.0% |
| 2023 | 9 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 85 ha | +844.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 35.8 ha | 5 ha | 70 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28.7 ha | 15 ha | 56 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.9 ha | 19 ha | 26 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.4 ha | 2 ha | 19 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.8 ha | 9 ha | 85 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 72 Cyprus 150 ha compare
- 73 El Salvador 115 ha compare
- 74 Uruguay 114 ha compare
- 76 Montenegro 77 ha compare
- 77 Namibia 71 ha compare
- 78 United Arab Emirates 63 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Puerto Rico?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Puerto Rico was 85 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 85 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 ha in 2014.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Puerto Rico ranks 75th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4,150.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.