Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Caribbean
Caribbean: Cantaloupes and other melons — Production was 111,722 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 111,722 t for cantaloupes and other melons — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.4% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — production in Caribbean peaked at 169,793 t in 2003 and was at its lowest, 11,038 t, in 1970.
That places Caribbean 24th out of 27 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 19,250 t | -8.3% |
| 1963 | 20,374 t | +5.8% |
| 1964 | 18,711 t | -8.2% |
| 1965 | 35,759 t | +91.1% |
| 1966 | 17,327 t | -51.5% |
| 1967 | 26,852 t | +55.0% |
| 1968 | 25,165 t | -6.3% |
| 1969 | 11,694 t | -53.5% |
| 1970 | 11,038 t | -5.6% |
| 1971 | 14,709 t | +33.3% |
| 1972 | 18,268 t | +24.2% |
| 1973 | 24,556 t | +34.4% |
| 1974 | 34,796 t | +41.7% |
| 1975 | 55,676 t | +60.0% |
| 1976 | 38,794 t | -30.3% |
| 1977 | 33,098 t | -14.7% |
| 1978 | 29,761 t | -10.1% |
| 1979 | 37,005 t | +24.3% |
| 1980 | 60,936 t | +64.7% |
| 1981 | 75,864 t | +24.5% |
| 1982 | 72,819 t | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 92,310 t | +26.8% |
| 1984 | 61,513 t | -33.4% |
| 1985 | 81,581 t | +32.6% |
| 1986 | 73,079 t | -10.4% |
| 1987 | 69,323 t | -5.1% |
| 1988 | 64,749 t | -6.6% |
| 1989 | 64,576 t | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 62,455 t | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 63,441 t | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 58,719 t | -7.4% |
| 1993 | 54,583 t | -7.0% |
| 1994 | 58,233 t | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 69,311 t | +19.0% |
| 1996 | 71,194 t | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 74,383 t | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 89,231 t | +20.0% |
| 1999 | 120,999 t | +35.6% |
| 2000 | 112,129 t | -7.3% |
| 2001 | 138,578 t | +23.6% |
| 2002 | 147,858 t | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 169,793 t | +14.8% |
| 2004 | 166,582 t | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 141,241 t | -15.2% |
| 2006 | 112,478 t | -20.4% |
| 2007 | 105,749 t | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 92,104 t | -12.9% |
| 2009 | 82,940 t | -10.0% |
| 2010 | 78,997 t | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 87,966 t | +11.4% |
| 2012 | 84,965 t | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 91,746 t | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 94,555 t | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 96,922 t | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 92,192 t | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 97,903 t | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 99,029 t | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 102,717 t | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 84,598 t | -17.6% |
| 2021 | 86,682 t | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 92,625 t | +6.9% |
| 2023 | 104,071 t | +12.4% |
| 2024 | 111,722 t | +7.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Caribbean changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +91.1% | 18,711 t | 35,759 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,792 t | 11,694 t | 35,759 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,770 t | 11,038 t | 55,676 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 71,675 t | 60,936 t | 92,310 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 72,255 t | 54,583 t | 120,999 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 126,945 t | 82,940 t | 169,793 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 92,699 t | 78,997 t | 102,717 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 95,940 t | 84,598 t | 111,722 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — production in Caribbean?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — production in Caribbean was 111,722 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cantaloupes and other melons — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 169,793 t in 2003.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,038 t in 1970.
- How does Caribbean rank for cantaloupes and other melons — production?
- Caribbean ranks 24th out of 27 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — production rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean 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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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.