Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Americas
Americas: Cantaloupes and other melons — Production was 3.65 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cantaloupes and other melons — production in Americas is 3.65 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — production in Americas peaked at 3.83 million t in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1.00 million t, in 1961.
That places Americas 3rd out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Americas, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.00 million t | — |
| 1962 | 1.12 million t | +11.6% |
| 1963 | 1.13 million t | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 1.09 million t | -3.9% |
| 1965 | 1.16 million t | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 1.04 million t | -10.9% |
| 1967 | 1.14 million t | +10.4% |
| 1968 | 1.16 million t | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 1.14 million t | -1.7% |
| 1970 | 1.11 million t | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 1.08 million t | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 1.16 million t | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 1.11 million t | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 1.01 million t | -8.9% |
| 1975 | 1.02 million t | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 1.04 million t | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 1.14 million t | +9.8% |
| 1978 | 1.42 million t | +23.8% |
| 1979 | 1.37 million t | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 1.37 million t | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 1.43 million t | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 1.60 million t | +11.9% |
| 1983 | 1.52 million t | -5.2% |
| 1984 | 1.59 million t | +4.9% |
| 1985 | 1.73 million t | +8.6% |
| 1986 | 1.93 million t | +11.5% |
| 1987 | 1.89 million t | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 1.89 million t | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 2.17 million t | +14.7% |
| 1990 | 2.05 million t | -5.4% |
| 1991 | 2.12 million t | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 2.14 million t | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 2.10 million t | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 2.29 million t | +8.8% |
| 1995 | 2.30 million t | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 2.59 million t | +12.4% |
| 1997 | 2.61 million t | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 2.80 million t | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 2.91 million t | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 2.87 million t | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 3.04 million t | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 3.45 million t | +13.6% |
| 2003 | 3.49 million t | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 3.56 million t | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 3.64 million t | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 3.66 million t | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 3.83 million t | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 3.44 million t | -10.1% |
| 2009 | 3.61 million t | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 3.61 million t | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 3.76 million t | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 3.54 million t | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 3.60 million t | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 3.46 million t | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 3.42 million t | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 3.61 million t | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 3.49 million t | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 3.51 million t | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 3.46 million t | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 3.44 million t | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 3.34 million t | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 3.46 million t | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 3.73 million t | +8.0% |
| 2024 | 3.65 million t | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.11 million t | 1.00 million t | 1.16 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.15 million t | 1.01 million t | 1.42 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.71 million t | 1.37 million t | 2.17 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.39 million t | 2.05 million t | 2.91 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.46 million t | 2.87 million t | 3.83 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.55 million t | 3.42 million t | 3.76 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.52 million t | 3.34 million t | 3.73 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 1 China (People’s Republic of) 13.27 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 13.22 million t compare
- 3 India 1.54 million t compare
- 4 Kazakhstan 1.50 million t compare
- 5 Brazil 816,939 t compare
- 6 Italy 771,640 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -4.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1.02 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 94 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 25.17 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 267.48 million An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 191.53 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 532,819 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 397,122 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 25.19 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 63,435 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — production in Americas?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — production in Americas was 3.65 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cantaloupes and other melons — production recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 3.83 million t in 2007.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — production recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.00 million t in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for cantaloupes and other melons — production?
- Americas ranks 3rd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — production rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cantaloupes and other melons — Production. 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.