Barley — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Barley — Yield was 2,789 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Colombia stood at 2,789 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 13.1% on the previous year and up 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Colombia peaked at 2,789 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,050 kg/ha, in 1976.
That places Colombia 63rd out of 104 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,065 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,204 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1963 | 2,027 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1964 | 1,960 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 1,953 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 1,727 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1967 | 1,561 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1968 | 1,600 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 1,555 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 1,704 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1971 | 1,928 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1972 | 1,543 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1973 | 1,555 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 1,640 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1975 | 1,611 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 1,050 kg/ha | -34.8% |
| 1977 | 1,745 kg/ha | +66.2% |
| 1978 | 1,738 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 1,848 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1980 | 1,749 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1981 | 1,567 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1982 | 1,593 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 1,580 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 1,621 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 1,980 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1986 | 1,952 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 1,953 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 1,820 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1989 | 1,699 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1990 | 1,849 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1991 | 2,069 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1992 | 1,677 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1993 | 2,002 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1994 | 1,989 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 2,198 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1996 | 2,119 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 1,984 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1998 | 1,978 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 1,926 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 1,650 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2001 | 1,396 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2002 | 1,666 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2003 | 1,552 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2004 | 1,511 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 1,616 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 1,429 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2007 | 1,578 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2008 | 1,948 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 2009 | 2,412 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 2010 | 1,840 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 2011 | 1,716 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2012 | 2,040 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2013 | 2,142 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 2,244 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 1,996 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2016 | 2,386 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2017 | 1,863 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 2018 | 2,267 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2019 | 2,708 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2020 | 2,177 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2021 | 2,336 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 2,425 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 2,465 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 2,789 kg/ha | +13.1% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 2,789 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,457 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 2,789 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,789 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,850 kg/ha | 1,555 kg/ha | 2,204 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,636 kg/ha | 1,050 kg/ha | 1,928 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,751 kg/ha | 1,567 kg/ha | 1,980 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,979 kg/ha | 1,677 kg/ha | 2,198 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,676 kg/ha | 1,396 kg/ha | 2,412 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,120 kg/ha | 1,716 kg/ha | 2,708 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,438 kg/ha | 2,177 kg/ha | 2,789 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 barley — yield in Colombia?
- Barley — yield in Colombia was 2,789 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,789 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,050 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Colombia rank for barley — yield?
- Colombia ranks 63rd out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.3%. 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 Barley — 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.