Avocados — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Avocados — Yield was 10,482 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Avocados — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 10,482 kg/ha for avocados — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 25.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — yield in Colombia peaked at 14,997 kg/ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 7,349 kg/ha, in 2016.
Colombia ranks 27th of 69 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Avocados — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,571 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,414 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 8,311 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1964 | 8,378 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 8,333 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 8,235 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 8,301 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 8,258 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 8,323 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 8,333 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 8,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 8,291 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 8,354 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 8,312 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 8,183 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 8,539 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 8,567 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 8,857 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 9,316 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1980 | 10,000 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1981 | 10,601 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1982 | 10,000 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1983 | 14,997 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1984 | 10,628 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 1985 | 11,607 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1986 | 10,890 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 10,480 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1988 | 10,156 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1989 | 10,134 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 7,810 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1991 | 9,092 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1992 | 9,285 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 9,250 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 9,865 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 10,213 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 12,000 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1997 | 11,454 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 9,250 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1999 | 12,492 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 2000 | 9,972 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 2001 | 9,899 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 10,162 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 10,500 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 10,709 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 10,653 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 10,867 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 10,301 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 9,960 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 9,817 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 9,515 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 8,774 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2012 | 9,218 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 9,193 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 8,366 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 8,498 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 7,349 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2017 | 7,504 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 8,273 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2019 | 8,421 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 10,443 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 2021 | 10,409 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 9,899 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 10,174 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 10,482 kg/ha | +3.0% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 10,482 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,090 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 10,482 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 8,908 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +50.0% | 10,000 kg/ha | 14,997 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +35.0% | 9,250 kg/ha | 12,492 kg/ha |
| 1984 | -29.1% | 14,997 kg/ha | 10,628 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,347 kg/ha | 8,235 kg/ha | 8,571 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,509 kg/ha | 8,183 kg/ha | 9,316 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,949 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 14,997 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,071 kg/ha | 7,810 kg/ha | 12,492 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,284 kg/ha | 9,817 kg/ha | 10,867 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,511 kg/ha | 7,349 kg/ha | 9,515 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,282 kg/ha | 9,899 kg/ha | 10,482 kg/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 — yield in Colombia?
- Avocados — yield in Colombia was 10,482 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 14,997 kg/ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest avocados — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,349 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Colombia rank for avocados — yield?
- Colombia ranks 27th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — 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.