Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 16,930 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Spain recorded 16,930 ha for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and down 28.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Spain peaked at 73,400 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 16,220 ha, in 2022.
That places Spain 12th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 43,980 ha | — |
| 1962 | 42,285 ha | -3.9% |
| 1963 | 46,120 ha | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 48,942 ha | +6.1% |
| 1965 | 43,613 ha | -10.9% |
| 1966 | 51,200 ha | +17.4% |
| 1967 | 49,500 ha | -3.3% |
| 1968 | 59,340 ha | +19.9% |
| 1969 | 50,574 ha | -14.8% |
| 1970 | 57,430 ha | +13.6% |
| 1971 | 59,900 ha | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 62,700 ha | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 62,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 58,700 ha | -6.4% |
| 1975 | 67,400 ha | +14.8% |
| 1976 | 69,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 62,400 ha | -10.1% |
| 1978 | 62,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 67,600 ha | +8.3% |
| 1980 | 66,600 ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 70,800 ha | +6.3% |
| 1982 | 66,500 ha | -6.1% |
| 1983 | 63,400 ha | -4.7% |
| 1984 | 66,132 ha | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 63,790 ha | -3.5% |
| 1986 | 66,900 ha | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 66,600 ha | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 73,400 ha | +10.2% |
| 1989 | 68,000 ha | -7.4% |
| 1990 | 61,500 ha | -9.6% |
| 1991 | 60,500 ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 56,200 ha | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 50,500 ha | -10.1% |
| 1994 | 47,200 ha | -6.5% |
| 1995 | 42,200 ha | -10.6% |
| 1996 | 43,400 ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 43,200 ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 43,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 44,600 ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 39,500 ha | -11.4% |
| 2001 | 38,500 ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 39,156 ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 38,873 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 37,594 ha | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 40,423 ha | +7.5% |
| 2006 | 40,294 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 38,688 ha | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 33,388 ha | -13.7% |
| 2009 | 31,327 ha | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 30,601 ha | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 28,561 ha | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 28,130 ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 26,700 ha | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 23,790 ha | -10.9% |
| 2015 | 22,144 ha | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 20,686 ha | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 20,473 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 19,030 ha | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 19,690 ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 18,520 ha | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 19,260 ha | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 16,220 ha | -15.8% |
| 2023 | 16,570 ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 16,930 ha | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48,395 ha | 42,285 ha | 59,340 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 63,063 ha | 57,430 ha | 69,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 67,212 ha | 63,400 ha | 73,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 49,300 ha | 42,200 ha | 61,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,774 ha | 31,327 ha | 40,423 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,980 ha | 19,030 ha | 30,601 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,500 ha | 16,220 ha | 19,260 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Spain?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Spain was 16,930 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 73,400 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,220 ha in 2022.
- How does Spain rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 12th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain 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.