Cereals, primary — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Cereals, primary — Yield was 4,422 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Colombia stood at 4,422 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Colombia peaked at 4,422 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,259 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Colombia 59th out of 178 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.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,275 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,351 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 1,386 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 1,454 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1965 | 1,259 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1966 | 1,301 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 1,422 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1968 | 1,529 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1969 | 1,608 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 1,807 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1971 | 1,904 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1972 | 2,012 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1973 | 2,106 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 2,390 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1975 | 2,379 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 2,277 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1977 | 2,250 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 2,390 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 2,463 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 2,414 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 2,480 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 2,441 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 2,514 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 2,580 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 2,663 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 2,495 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1987 | 2,724 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1988 | 2,514 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1989 | 2,487 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 2,475 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 2,451 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 2,550 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 2,506 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 2,506 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,644 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 2,684 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 2,907 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 3,060 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 3,152 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 3,234 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 3,138 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 3,340 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 3,622 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 3,584 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 3,643 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 3,359 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 3,599 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2008 | 3,664 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 3,611 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 3,410 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2011 | 3,352 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 3,382 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 3,278 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 3,755 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2015 | 3,894 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 3,792 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 3,856 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 4,014 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 4,167 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 4,399 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 4,279 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 4,397 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 4,301 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 4,422 kg/ha | +2.8% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 4,422 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,427 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 4,422 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,747 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,398 kg/ha | 1,259 kg/ha | 1,608 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,198 kg/ha | 1,807 kg/ha | 2,463 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,531 kg/ha | 2,414 kg/ha | 2,724 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,693 kg/ha | 2,451 kg/ha | 3,152 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,480 kg/ha | 3,138 kg/ha | 3,664 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,690 kg/ha | 3,278 kg/ha | 4,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,360 kg/ha | 4,279 kg/ha | 4,422 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 56 South Africa 4,562 kg/ha compare
- 57 Dominican Republic 4,455 kg/ha compare
- 58 Suriname 4,447 kg/ha compare
- 60 Lithuania 4,387 kg/ha compare
- 61 Czechoslovakia 4,245 kg/ha compare
- 62 Panama 4,226 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 cereals, primary — yield in Colombia?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Colombia was 4,422 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,422 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,259 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Colombia rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Colombia ranks 59th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.8%. 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 Cereals, primary — Yield. 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.