Avocados — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Avocados — Area harvested was 120,941 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for avocados — area harvested in Colombia is 120,941 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.3% on the previous year and up 250.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 120,941 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,400 ha, in 1961.
That places Colombia 2nd out of 91 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Avocados — Area harvested in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,450 ha | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 1,480 ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 1,480 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 1,530 ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 1,530 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,550 ha | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 1,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,560 ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 1,560 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,580 ha | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 1,580 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,600 ha | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 1,625 ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 1,800 ha | +10.8% |
| 1977 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,750 ha | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 1,680 ha | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 1,570 ha | -6.5% |
| 1981 | 1,730 ha | +10.2% |
| 1982 | 1,647 ha | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 1,727 ha | +4.9% |
| 1984 | 1,773 ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 2,800 ha | +57.9% |
| 1986 | 4,500 ha | +60.7% |
| 1987 | 4,900 ha | +8.9% |
| 1988 | 7,500 ha | +53.1% |
| 1989 | 8,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 7,307 ha | -8.7% |
| 1991 | 7,930 ha | +8.5% |
| 1992 | 7,950 ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 8,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 8,811 ha | +10.1% |
| 1995 | 9,792 ha | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 9,500 ha | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 11,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 1998 | 8,000 ha | -27.3% |
| 1999 | 12,689 ha | +58.6% |
| 2000 | 13,204 ha | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 13,846 ha | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 14,042 ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 15,540 ha | +10.7% |
| 2004 | 15,967 ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 16,108 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 17,641 ha | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 18,833 ha | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 18,470 ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 19,255 ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 21,592 ha | +12.1% |
| 2011 | 24,513 ha | +13.5% |
| 2012 | 27,705 ha | +13.0% |
| 2013 | 32,089 ha | +15.8% |
| 2014 | 34,513 ha | +7.6% |
| 2015 | 36,461 ha | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 40,057 ha | +9.9% |
| 2017 | 41,068 ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 53,801 ha | +31.0% |
| 2019 | 63,534 ha | +18.1% |
| 2020 | 79,397 ha | +25.0% |
| 2021 | 94,111 ha | +18.5% |
| 2022 | 110,183 ha | +17.1% |
| 2023 | 106,714 ha | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 120,941 ha | +13.3% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 120,941 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,487 ha, 48.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 120,941 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 573 ha, 211.1× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — Area harvested in Colombia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +60.7% | 2,800 ha | 4,500 ha |
| 1999 | +58.6% | 8,000 ha | 12,689 ha |
| 1985 | +57.9% | 1,773 ha | 2,800 ha |
| 1988 | +53.1% | 4,900 ha | 7,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,497 ha | 1,400 ha | 1,550 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,654 ha | 1,560 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,615 ha | 1,570 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,098 ha | 7,307 ha | 12,689 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,291 ha | 13,204 ha | 19,255 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 37,533 ha | 21,592 ha | 63,534 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 102,269 ha | 79,397 ha | 120,941 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Colombia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 851.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.2113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2122 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — area harvested in Colombia?
- Avocados — area harvested in Colombia was 120,941 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 120,941 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,400 ha in 1961.
- How does Colombia rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 2nd out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 250.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — Area harvested. 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.