Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in South America
South America: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 63,132 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
South America recorded 63,132 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in South America peaked at 63,132 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19,291 ha, in 1974.
That places South America 11th out of 27 groups 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 South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,078 ha | — |
| 1962 | 21,809 ha | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 21,384 ha | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 22,656 ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 22,929 ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 20,644 ha | -10.0% |
| 1967 | 21,173 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 20,638 ha | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 20,501 ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 20,434 ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 21,808 ha | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 21,645 ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 22,426 ha | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 19,291 ha | -14.0% |
| 1975 | 20,639 ha | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 20,767 ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 21,854 ha | +5.2% |
| 1978 | 23,417 ha | +7.2% |
| 1979 | 26,094 ha | +11.4% |
| 1980 | 26,813 ha | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 25,791 ha | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 25,052 ha | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 25,703 ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 26,422 ha | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 25,796 ha | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 25,160 ha | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 27,311 ha | +8.5% |
| 1988 | 29,189 ha | +6.9% |
| 1989 | 27,900 ha | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 32,631 ha | +17.0% |
| 1991 | 36,004 ha | +10.3% |
| 1992 | 36,595 ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 37,921 ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 40,267 ha | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 42,695 ha | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 46,002 ha | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 41,073 ha | -10.7% |
| 1998 | 42,443 ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 40,033 ha | -5.7% |
| 2000 | 38,400 ha | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 42,016 ha | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 47,269 ha | +12.5% |
| 2003 | 48,011 ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 47,328 ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 50,879 ha | +7.5% |
| 2006 | 48,963 ha | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 52,784 ha | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 47,463 ha | -10.1% |
| 2009 | 50,182 ha | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 57,284 ha | +14.2% |
| 2011 | 57,637 ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 53,446 ha | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 52,793 ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 55,798 ha | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 54,440 ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 55,308 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 51,022 ha | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 49,318 ha | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 55,527 ha | +12.6% |
| 2020 | 55,365 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 53,096 ha | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 57,960 ha | +9.2% |
| 2023 | 61,656 ha | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 63,132 ha | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,424 ha | 20,501 ha | 22,929 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,838 ha | 19,291 ha | 26,094 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,514 ha | 25,052 ha | 29,189 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,566 ha | 32,631 ha | 46,002 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,330 ha | 38,400 ha | 52,784 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 54,257 ha | 49,318 ha | 57,637 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 58,242 ha | 53,096 ha | 63,132 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in South America?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in South America was 63,132 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 63,132 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,291 ha in 1974.
- How does South America rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- South America ranks 11th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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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About this data
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.