Maize (corn) — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Maize (corn) — Yield was 4,343 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — yield in Colombia is 4,343 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.6% on the previous year and up 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Colombia peaked at 4,343 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,002 kg/ha, in 1965.
Colombia ranks 72nd of 163 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.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,066 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,082 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 1,135 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1964 | 1,254 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1965 | 1,002 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1966 | 1,005 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 1,076 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 1,083 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 1,203 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1970 | 1,326 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1971 | 1,228 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1972 | 1,291 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1973 | 1,274 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 1,388 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1975 | 1,262 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1976 | 1,365 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1977 | 1,297 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1978 | 1,285 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 1,414 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1980 | 1,389 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 1,399 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 1,412 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 1,483 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 1,458 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 1,411 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 1,332 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1987 | 1,380 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 1,367 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 1,375 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 1,450 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 1,550 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1992 | 1,518 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 1,546 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 1,567 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 1,554 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 1,629 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1997 | 1,705 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 1,660 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 1,796 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2000 | 2,106 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2001 | 2,076 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 2,277 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2003 | 2,652 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2004 | 2,636 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 2,754 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 2,537 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2007 | 2,766 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2008 | 2,771 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,684 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 2,723 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 2,859 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 2,905 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 2,825 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 3,565 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 2015 | 3,671 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 3,074 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2017 | 3,500 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2018 | 3,499 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 3,742 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 4,037 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2021 | 3,988 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 4,153 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 4,037 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 4,343 kg/ha | +7.6% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 4,343 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,175 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 4,343 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,084 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,101 kg/ha | 1,002 kg/ha | 1,254 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,313 kg/ha | 1,228 kg/ha | 1,414 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,401 kg/ha | 1,332 kg/ha | 1,483 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,598 kg/ha | 1,450 kg/ha | 1,796 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,526 kg/ha | 2,076 kg/ha | 2,771 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,236 kg/ha | 2,723 kg/ha | 3,742 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,112 kg/ha | 3,988 kg/ha | 4,343 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 maize (corn) — yield in Colombia?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Colombia was 4,343 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,343 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,002 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Colombia rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Colombia ranks 72nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.8%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.