Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield was 7,199 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Colombia, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Colombia is 7,199 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 82.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Colombia peaked at 13,261 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 510.3 kg/ha, in 2020.
That places Colombia 1st out of 32 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 13,261 kg/ha | — |
| 1992 | 12,836 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 12,411 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 11,986 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 11,561 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 11,136 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1997 | 10,712 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 10,287 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 9,862 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 9,437 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 9,012 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 8,588 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 8,163 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 7,732 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 7,294 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 6,857 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 6,420 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 5,982 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 5,545 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 5,458 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 4,809 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2012 | 4,183 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2013 | 4,057 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 3,940 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 4,084 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 4,105 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 2,111 kg/ha | -48.6% |
| 2018 | 1,966 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 2,344 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2020 | 510.3 kg/ha | -78.2% |
| 2021 | 8,483 kg/ha | +1562.4% |
| 2022 | 9,054 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 7,245 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2024 | 7,199 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 7,199 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,118 kg/ha, 6.4× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 7,199 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 986.6 kg/ha, 7.3× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cashew nuts, in shell — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +1562.4% | 510.3 kg/ha | 8,483 kg/ha |
| 2020 | -78.2% | 2,344 kg/ha | 510.3 kg/ha |
| 2017 | -48.6% | 4,105 kg/ha | 2,111 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11,561 kg/ha | 9,862 kg/ha | 13,261 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 7,503 kg/ha | 5,545 kg/ha | 9,437 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,706 kg/ha | 1,966 kg/ha | 5,458 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,498 kg/ha | 510.3 kg/ha | 9,054 kg/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 cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Colombia?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Colombia was 7,199 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cashew nuts, in shell — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 13,261 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 510.3 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Colombia rank for cashew nuts, in shell — yield?
- Colombia ranks 1st out of 32 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 82.7%. 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 Cashew nuts, in shell — 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.