Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Chile
Chile: Cantaloupes and other melons — Production was 42,377 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Chile, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Chile recorded 42,377 t for cantaloupes and other melons — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — production in Chile peaked at 188,880 t in 1965 and was at its lowest, 38,132 t, in 2017.
That places Chile 43rd out of 106 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Chile, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 160,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 166,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 172,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 180,000 t | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 188,880 t | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 171,000 t | -9.5% |
| 1967 | 167,000 t | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 161,000 t | -3.6% |
| 1969 | 156,000 t | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 144,000 t | -7.7% |
| 1971 | 137,000 t | -4.9% |
| 1972 | 125,000 t | -8.8% |
| 1973 | 122,000 t | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 115,000 t | -5.7% |
| 1975 | 109,579 t | -4.7% |
| 1976 | 116,064 t | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 122,677 t | +5.7% |
| 1978 | 129,762 t | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 118,800 t | -8.4% |
| 1980 | 120,600 t | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 110,700 t | -8.2% |
| 1982 | 110,700 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 100,000 t | -9.7% |
| 1984 | 80,000 t | -20.0% |
| 1985 | 51,000 t | -36.2% |
| 1986 | 70,000 t | +37.3% |
| 1987 | 81,885 t | +17.0% |
| 1988 | 78,600 t | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 53,352 t | -32.1% |
| 1990 | 53,842 t | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 59,458 t | +10.4% |
| 1992 | 64,944 t | +9.2% |
| 1993 | 48,024 t | -26.1% |
| 1994 | 76,896 t | +60.1% |
| 1995 | 77,000 t | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 74,987 t | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 55,940 t | -25.4% |
| 1998 | 60,000 t | +7.3% |
| 1999 | 57,009 t | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 62,000 t | +8.8% |
| 2001 | 63,000 t | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 64,000 t | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 51,794 t | -19.1% |
| 2004 | 54,606 t | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 53,000 t | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 48,000 t | -9.4% |
| 2007 | 46,000 t | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 45,000 t | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 46,900 t | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 49,000 t | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 45,961 t | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 50,000 t | +8.8% |
| 2013 | 39,760 t | -20.5% |
| 2014 | 45,885 t | +15.4% |
| 2015 | 42,111 t | -8.2% |
| 2016 | 46,626 t | +10.7% |
| 2017 | 38,132 t | -18.2% |
| 2018 | 44,282 t | +16.1% |
| 2019 | 43,373 t | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 47,000 t | +8.4% |
| 2021 | 42,103 t | -10.4% |
| 2022 | 43,422 t | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 41,290 t | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 42,377 t | +2.6% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 42,377 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,603 t, 16.3× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Chile's 42,377 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 27,704 t, 1.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cantaloupes and other melons — Production in Chile 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +60.1% | 48,024 t | 76,896 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 169,098 t | 156,000 t | 188,880 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 123,988 t | 109,579 t | 144,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 85,684 t | 51,000 t | 120,600 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 62,810 t | 48,024 t | 77,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 53,430 t | 45,000 t | 64,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,513 t | 38,132 t | 50,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,238 t | 41,290 t | 47,000 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Chile
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0345 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 621.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1082 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — production in Chile?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — production in Chile was 42,377 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cantaloupes and other melons — production recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 188,880 t in 1965.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — production recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,132 t in 2017.
- How does Chile rank for cantaloupes and other melons — production?
- Chile ranks 43rd out of 106 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — production rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Chile 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.