Bananas — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Bananas — Yield was 24,984 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — yield in Colombia stood at 24,984 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Colombia peaked at 52,839 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 19,297 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Colombia 43rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,864 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 21,629 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1963 | 20,736 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1964 | 19,297 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1965 | 22,517 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1966 | 24,828 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1967 | 26,345 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1968 | 26,552 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 26,441 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 26,716 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 26,783 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 26,697 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 27,273 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 30,774 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1975 | 39,474 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 1976 | 32,024 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1977 | 30,435 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1978 | 34,654 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1979 | 35,495 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 43,277 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1981 | 50,208 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1982 | 52,839 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 42,810 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1984 | 47,855 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1985 | 42,857 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1986 | 43,689 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 33,695 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1988 | 34,950 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 34,345 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 38,383 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1991 | 43,644 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1992 | 33,659 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1993 | 34,952 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 34,627 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 29,996 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1996 | 29,195 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 31,249 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1998 | 30,239 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 34,240 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2000 | 32,799 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 28,786 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2002 | 28,197 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 29,059 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 27,031 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2005 | 26,685 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 25,368 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 25,605 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 27,455 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2009 | 27,859 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 25,863 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2011 | 26,002 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 23,983 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 26,216 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2014 | 23,976 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2015 | 25,808 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 25,231 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 25,304 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 26,158 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 27,596 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 24,173 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2021 | 23,690 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 24,057 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 24,194 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 24,984 kg/ha | +3.3% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 24,984 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20,000 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 24,984 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23,817 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,468 kg/ha | 19,297 kg/ha | 26,552 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,032 kg/ha | 26,697 kg/ha | 39,474 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,653 kg/ha | 33,695 kg/ha | 52,839 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,018 kg/ha | 29,195 kg/ha | 43,644 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,884 kg/ha | 25,368 kg/ha | 32,799 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,614 kg/ha | 23,976 kg/ha | 27,596 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,220 kg/ha | 23,690 kg/ha | 24,984 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 40 Bahamas 25,622 kg/ha compare
- 41 Portugal 25,619 kg/ha compare
- 42 Burkina Faso 25,553 kg/ha compare
- 44 Algeria 24,623 kg/ha compare
- 45 Guadeloupe 24,530 kg/ha compare
- 46 El Salvador 23,817 kg/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 — yield in Colombia?
- Bananas — yield in Colombia was 24,984 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 52,839 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,297 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Colombia rank for bananas — yield?
- Colombia ranks 43rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — 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.