Bananas — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Bananas — Area harvested was 105,592 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Colombia stood at 105,592 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 43.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 105,609 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 21,700 ha, in 1982.
That places Colombia 14th out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 24,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1963 | 28,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1964 | 29,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 29,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 29,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 29,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 29,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 29,500 ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 29,200 ha | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 30,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 31,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 33,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1974 | 31,000 ha | -6.1% |
| 1975 | 26,600 ha | -14.2% |
| 1976 | 33,100 ha | +24.4% |
| 1977 | 34,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 30,300 ha | -12.2% |
| 1979 | 29,300 ha | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 23,800 ha | -18.8% |
| 1981 | 22,100 ha | -7.1% |
| 1982 | 21,700 ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 27,400 ha | +26.3% |
| 1984 | 30,300 ha | +10.6% |
| 1985 | 28,000 ha | -7.6% |
| 1986 | 30,900 ha | +10.4% |
| 1987 | 34,900 ha | +12.9% |
| 1988 | 35,050 ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 36,160 ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 32,400 ha | -10.4% |
| 1991 | 34,858 ha | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 51,697 ha | +48.3% |
| 1993 | 54,939 ha | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 57,400 ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 54,394 ha | -5.2% |
| 1996 | 51,074 ha | -6.1% |
| 1997 | 51,457 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 50,216 ha | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 50,407 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 48,588 ha | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 51,055 ha | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 55,363 ha | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 56,702 ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 62,985 ha | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 67,405 ha | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 73,469 ha | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 71,075 ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 72,396 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 71,566 ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 78,089 ha | +9.1% |
| 2011 | 78,567 ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 78,336 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 77,312 ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 73,862 ha | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 77,394 ha | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 79,328 ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 79,866 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 98,142 ha | +22.9% |
| 2019 | 105,609 ha | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 99,267 ha | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 101,890 ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 104,823 ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 105,574 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 105,592 ha | +0.0% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 105,592 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,574 ha, 16.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 105,592 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,955 ha, 15.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +48.3% | 34,858 ha | 51,697 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,944 ha | 24,000 ha | 29,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,800 ha | 26,600 ha | 34,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,031 ha | 21,700 ha | 36,160 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 48,884 ha | 32,400 ha | 57,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 63,060 ha | 48,588 ha | 73,469 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 82,650 ha | 73,862 ha | 105,609 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 103,429 ha | 99,267 ha | 105,592 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 20,061 ha compare
- 11 Burundi 165,189 ha compare
- 12 Indonesia 152,656 ha compare
- 12 Türkiye 12,918 ha compare
- 13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4,240 ha compare
- 13 Uganda 118,000 ha compare
- 14 Caribbean 150,870 ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 3,676 ha compare
- 15 Ethiopia 90,856 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia 1,818 ha compare
- 16 Cambodia 87,480 ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 932 ha compare
- 17 Mexico 86,524 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia (Federated States of) 384 ha compare
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 bananas — area harvested in Colombia?
- Bananas — area harvested in Colombia was 105,592 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 105,609 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,700 ha in 1982.
- How does Colombia rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 14th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.0%. 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 Bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.