Cassava, fresh — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 10,632 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — yield in Colombia stood at 10,632 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Colombia peaked at 11,776 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 5,600 kg/ha, in 1964.
Colombia ranks 51st of 93 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,652 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,652 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,634 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 5,600 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 5,634 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 5,916 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 5,903 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 5,818 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 6,129 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 8,000 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 1971 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 8,500 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1975 | 7,873 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1976 | 7,911 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 9,036 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1978 | 9,428 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 8,610 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1980 | 10,353 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1981 | 10,386 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 9,083 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1983 | 9,002 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 9,067 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 8,868 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 8,708 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 7,922 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1988 | 8,613 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1989 | 8,848 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 9,353 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1991 | 9,456 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 9,108 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 10,189 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1994 | 9,465 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1995 | 9,858 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 10,176 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 9,208 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1998 | 9,032 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 9,788 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2000 | 9,994 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 10,411 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 10,310 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 10,650 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 10,856 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 10,691 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 10,364 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 10,834 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 10,922 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 10,690 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 10,609 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 10,704 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 9,636 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2013 | 9,963 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 11,080 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 8,779 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2016 | 10,414 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2017 | 11,776 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2018 | 9,849 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2019 | 10,893 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2020 | 10,618 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 10,347 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 10,592 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 10,542 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 10,632 kg/ha | +0.9% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 10,632 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,401 kg/ha, 86% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 10,632 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,632 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +30.5% | 6,129 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,771 kg/ha | 5,600 kg/ha | 6,129 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,336 kg/ha | 7,873 kg/ha | 9,428 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,085 kg/ha | 7,922 kg/ha | 10,386 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,563 kg/ha | 9,032 kg/ha | 10,189 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,572 kg/ha | 9,994 kg/ha | 10,922 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,370 kg/ha | 8,779 kg/ha | 11,776 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,546 kg/ha | 10,347 kg/ha | 10,632 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 48 Angola 10,977 kg/ha compare
- 49 Guadeloupe 10,968 kg/ha compare
- 50 Sierra Leone 10,885 kg/ha compare
- 52 Congo 10,541 kg/ha compare
- 53 Costa Rica 10,099 kg/ha compare
- 54 Argentina 10,071 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 cassava, fresh — yield in Colombia?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Colombia was 10,632 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 11,776 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,600 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Colombia rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Colombia ranks 51st out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.