Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Caribbean
Caribbean: Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield was 10,286 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Caribbean stood at 10,286 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and down 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Caribbean peaked at 17,154 kg/ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 4,638 kg/ha, in 1972.
Caribbean ranks 25th of 27 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,229 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,361 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 10,400 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 10,447 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 12,089 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1966 | 10,501 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1967 | 7,738 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1968 | 17,154 kg/ha | +121.7% |
| 1969 | 10,116 kg/ha | -41.0% |
| 1970 | 7,655 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 1971 | 6,500 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1972 | 4,638 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1973 | 6,459 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 1974 | 7,460 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1975 | 6,667 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1976 | 5,036 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1977 | 7,279 kg/ha | +44.5% |
| 1978 | 6,888 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 6,936 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 8,222 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1981 | 9,240 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1982 | 9,763 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1983 | 9,548 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 7,293 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1985 | 7,883 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1986 | 8,568 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1987 | 8,128 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1988 | 7,053 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1989 | 6,463 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1990 | 6,333 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 6,540 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 6,207 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 5,893 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 6,064 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 7,032 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1996 | 7,723 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1997 | 7,670 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 9,636 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1999 | 12,686 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 2000 | 11,158 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2001 | 13,918 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 2002 | 13,636 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 13,959 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 12,891 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2005 | 12,801 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 10,914 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2007 | 12,152 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2008 | 11,053 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2009 | 10,196 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2010 | 10,210 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 11,333 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2012 | 11,174 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 11,111 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 11,304 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 11,620 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 11,242 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 11,660 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 11,876 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 12,256 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 10,981 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2021 | 11,070 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 9,175 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2023 | 9,942 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2024 | 10,286 kg/ha | +3.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +121.7% | 7,738 kg/ha | 17,154 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,004 kg/ha | 7,738 kg/ha | 17,154 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,552 kg/ha | 4,638 kg/ha | 7,655 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,216 kg/ha | 6,463 kg/ha | 9,763 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,578 kg/ha | 5,893 kg/ha | 12,686 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,268 kg/ha | 10,196 kg/ha | 13,959 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,379 kg/ha | 10,210 kg/ha | 12,256 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,291 kg/ha | 9,175 kg/ha | 11,070 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Caribbean?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Caribbean was 10,286 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cantaloupes and other melons — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 17,154 kg/ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,638 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Caribbean rank for cantaloupes and other melons — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 25th out of 27 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — yield rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. 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.