Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 1,925 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 2014–2024
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 Sri Lanka is 1,925 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 17.2% on the previous year and up 73.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 2,324 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,100 ha, in 2015.
That places Sri Lanka 49th 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 11 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1,110 ha | — |
| 2015 | 1,100 ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 1,359 ha | +23.5% |
| 2017 | 1,371 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 1,668 ha | +21.7% |
| 2019 | 1,642 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 1,946 ha | +18.5% |
| 2021 | 1,831 ha | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 2,046 ha | +11.7% |
| 2023 | 2,324 ha | +13.6% |
| 2024 | 1,925 ha | -17.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,375 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,668 ha | 6 |
| 2020s | 2,014 ha | 1,831 ha | 2,324 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 1,925 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 2,324 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,100 ha in 2015.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 49th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 73.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.