Lentils, dry — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Lentils, dry — Yield was 297.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lentils, dry — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lentils, dry — yield in Colombia is 297.9 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 5.0% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — yield in Colombia peaked at 521.7 kg/ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 281.9 kg/ha, in 2022.
Colombia ranks 56th of 59 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lentils, dry — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 502.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 505.6 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 502.7 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 500 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 495 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 500 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 520 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 520 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 518.5 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 521.7 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 434.8 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1973 | 381 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1974 | 400 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 428.6 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1976 | 454.5 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 450 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 318.2 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1979 | 350 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1980 | 352.9 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 352.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 352.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 352.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 352.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 382.4 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1986 | 400 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 382.4 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1988 | 382.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 394.1 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 321.8 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1991 | 343 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1992 | 375 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1993 | 333.3 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1994 | 307.7 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 300 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 285.7 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 298.2 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 295 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 297.8 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 298.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 297.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 291.7 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 289.2 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 286.8 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 282.1 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 291.4 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 293.4 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 294.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 296.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 300 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 301.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 312.5 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 312.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 300 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 291.8 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 300.8 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 297.3 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 292.4 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 290.8 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 293.1 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 292.1 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 281.9 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 283.7 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 297.9 kg/ha | +5.0% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 297.9 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,116 kg/ha, 27% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 297.9 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 815.75 kg/ha, 37% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lentils, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | -29.3% | 450 kg/ha | 318.2 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 505.12 kg/ha | 495 kg/ha | 520 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 425.73 kg/ha | 318.2 kg/ha | 521.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 370.58 kg/ha | 352.9 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 315.75 kg/ha | 285.7 kg/ha | 375 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 292.17 kg/ha | 282.1 kg/ha | 298.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 299.94 kg/ha | 290.8 kg/ha | 312.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 289.74 kg/ha | 281.9 kg/ha | 297.9 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 lentils, dry — yield in Colombia?
- Lentils, dry — yield in Colombia was 297.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 521.7 kg/ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 281.9 kg/ha in 2022.
- How does Colombia rank for lentils, dry — yield?
- Colombia ranks 56th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. 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 Lentils, dry — 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.