Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Central America
Central America: Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield was 40,551 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Central America stood at 40,551 kg/ha.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 48.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Central America peaked at 41,008 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,209 kg/ha, in 1961.
Central America ranks 2nd of 27 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,209 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,604 kg/ha | +65.2% |
| 1963 | 8,854 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 8,987 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 14,313 kg/ha | +59.3% |
| 1966 | 13,190 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1967 | 11,476 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1968 | 11,767 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 9,548 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1970 | 9,780 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 9,867 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 11,772 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1973 | 11,585 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 11,393 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 11,985 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 11,581 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1977 | 13,394 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1978 | 13,062 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 12,923 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 11,569 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1981 | 13,957 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1982 | 12,325 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1983 | 13,043 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 11,856 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1985 | 12,437 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 11,893 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 11,874 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 12,078 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 12,833 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 12,939 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 12,820 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 12,698 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 14,497 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1994 | 16,155 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1995 | 15,797 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 17,894 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1997 | 19,004 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 19,446 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 19,503 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 21,123 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2001 | 21,077 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 23,524 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2003 | 22,090 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 20,947 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 20,499 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 22,494 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2007 | 22,366 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 20,734 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 25,545 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 2010 | 24,120 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2011 | 24,881 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 25,293 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 25,079 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 27,392 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 27,110 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 27,992 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 28,489 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 29,099 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 27,386 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 32,541 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2021 | 33,708 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 39,532 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2023 | 41,008 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 40,551 kg/ha | -1.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Central America 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +65.2% | 5,209 kg/ha | 8,604 kg/ha |
| 1965 | +59.3% | 8,987 kg/ha | 14,313 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,216 kg/ha | 5,209 kg/ha | 14,313 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,734 kg/ha | 9,780 kg/ha | 13,394 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,387 kg/ha | 11,569 kg/ha | 13,957 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,075 kg/ha | 12,698 kg/ha | 19,503 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,040 kg/ha | 20,499 kg/ha | 25,545 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,684 kg/ha | 24,120 kg/ha | 29,099 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 37,468 kg/ha | 32,541 kg/ha | 41,008 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 1 Denmark 103,000 kg/ha compare
- 2 Honduras 53,464 kg/ha compare
- 2 Syrian Arab Republic 26,410 kg/ha compare
- 3 Bahrain 52,941 kg/ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 26,186 kg/ha compare
- 4 Guatemala 51,135 kg/ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22,206 kg/ha compare
- 5 United Arab Emirates 44,690 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 20,273 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Central America?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Central America was 40,551 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 41,008 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,209 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for cantaloupes and other melons — yield?
- Central America ranks 2nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.