Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Colombia
Colombia: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 8,987 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Colombia, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 8,987 ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024.
The figure is up 5.7% on the previous year and down 41.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Colombia peaked at 16,415 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 4,750 ha, in 1985.
That places Colombia 15th out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 4,750 ha | — |
| 1986 | 6,070 ha | +27.8% |
| 1987 | 5,500 ha | -9.4% |
| 1988 | 5,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1989 | 6,500 ha | +30.0% |
| 1990 | 7,876 ha | +21.2% |
| 1991 | 6,241 ha | -20.8% |
| 1992 | 6,228 ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 6,711 ha | +7.8% |
| 1994 | 7,006 ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 6,131 ha | -12.5% |
| 1996 | 5,523 ha | -9.9% |
| 1997 | 7,605 ha | +37.7% |
| 1998 | 6,540 ha | -14.0% |
| 1999 | 5,992 ha | -8.4% |
| 2000 | 6,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 6,800 ha | +13.3% |
| 2002 | 6,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 2003 | 8,012 ha | +33.5% |
| 2004 | 8,258 ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 8,003 ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 8,100 ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 8,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 7,270 ha | -11.3% |
| 2009 | 5,018 ha | -31.0% |
| 2010 | 6,612 ha | +31.8% |
| 2011 | 7,212 ha | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 13,002 ha | +80.3% |
| 2013 | 14,253 ha | +9.6% |
| 2014 | 15,389 ha | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 16,338 ha | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 16,415 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 8,531 ha | -48.0% |
| 2018 | 8,512 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 8,872 ha | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 14,074 ha | +58.6% |
| 2021 | 9,267 ha | -34.2% |
| 2022 | 8,139 ha | -12.2% |
| 2023 | 8,506 ha | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 8,987 ha | +5.7% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 8,987 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,325 ha, 6.8× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 8,987 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 762 ha, 11.8× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5,564 ha | 4,750 ha | 6,500 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 6,585 ha | 5,523 ha | 7,876 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,166 ha | 5,018 ha | 8,258 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,514 ha | 6,612 ha | 16,415 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,795 ha | 8,139 ha | 14,074 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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Colombia?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Colombia was 8,987 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 16,415 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,750 ha in 1985.
- How does Colombia rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Colombia ranks 15th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.6%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Area harvested. 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.