Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 10,054 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Colombia stood at 10,054 ha.
That represents a change of up 7.0% on the previous year and up 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 12,852 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2,700 ha, in 1961.
Colombia ranks 25th of 133 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 3,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 3,710 ha | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 3,840 ha | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 3,940 ha | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 4,038 ha | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 3,660 ha | -9.4% |
| 1976 | 4,200 ha | +14.8% |
| 1977 | 5,150 ha | +22.6% |
| 1978 | 5,500 ha | +6.8% |
| 1979 | 5,900 ha | +7.3% |
| 1980 | 6,030 ha | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 6,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,710 ha | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 5,800 ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 6,920 ha | +19.3% |
| 1986 | 9,510 ha | +37.4% |
| 1987 | 6,665 ha | -29.9% |
| 1988 | 6,579 ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 6,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 7,050 ha | +5.2% |
| 1991 | 4,971 ha | -29.5% |
| 1992 | 4,474 ha | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 5,722 ha | +27.9% |
| 1994 | 5,770 ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 5,700 ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 5,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 6,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 6,100 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 6,200 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 6,020 ha | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 6,338 ha | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 5,036 ha | -20.5% |
| 2003 | 5,873 ha | +16.6% |
| 2004 | 6,063 ha | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 7,088 ha | +16.9% |
| 2006 | 7,824 ha | +10.4% |
| 2007 | 8,144 ha | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 10,142 ha | +24.5% |
| 2009 | 10,835 ha | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 10,326 ha | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 9,900 ha | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 8,875 ha | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 8,347 ha | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 7,629 ha | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 7,766 ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 11,205 ha | +44.3% |
| 2017 | 12,852 ha | +14.7% |
| 2018 | 8,957 ha | -30.3% |
| 2019 | 10,200 ha | +13.9% |
| 2020 | 9,820 ha | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 9,681 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 10,339 ha | +6.8% |
| 2023 | 9,397 ha | -9.1% |
| 2024 | 10,054 ha | +7.0% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 10,054 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,825 ha, 3.6× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 10,054 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 798 ha, 12.6× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +44.3% | 7,766 ha | 11,205 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,100 ha | 2,700 ha | 3,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,354 ha | 3,600 ha | 5,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,591 ha | 5,710 ha | 9,510 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,779 ha | 4,474 ha | 7,050 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,336 ha | 5,036 ha | 10,835 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,606 ha | 7,629 ha | 12,852 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,858 ha | 9,397 ha | 10,339 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in Colombia?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Colombia was 10,054 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 12,852 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,700 ha in 1961.
- How does Colombia rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 25th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.8%. 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 Carrots and turnips — 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.