Corn: Yield gap in Colombia
Colombia: Corn: Yield gap was 0.4968 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling
Corn: Yield gap in Colombia, 2000–2024
Source: Mueller et al. (2012); USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 0.4968 tonnes per hectare for corn: yield gap in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 38.1% on the previous year and down 61.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, corn: yield gap in Colombia peaked at 2.76 tonnes per hectare in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.4968 tonnes per hectare, in 2024.
Colombia ranks 84th of 115 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Corn: Yield gap in Colombia, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.73 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 2001 | 2.76 tonnes per hectare | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 2.56 tonnes per hectare | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 2.19 tonnes per hectare | -14.6% |
| 2004 | 2.2 tonnes per hectare | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 2.09 tonnes per hectare | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 2.3 tonnes per hectare | +10.4% |
| 2007 | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | -10.0% |
| 2008 | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 2.16 tonnes per hectare | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 2.12 tonnes per hectare | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 1.98 tonnes per hectare | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 1.93 tonnes per hectare | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 2.02 tonnes per hectare | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | -36.7% |
| 2015 | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | +51.1% |
| 2017 | 1.34 tonnes per hectare | -24.2% |
| 2018 | 1.34 tonnes per hectare | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | -18.1% |
| 2020 | 0.8034 tonnes per hectare | -26.8% |
| 2021 | 0.8518 tonnes per hectare | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 0.6872 tonnes per hectare | -19.3% |
| 2023 | 0.8031 tonnes per hectare | +16.9% |
| 2024 | 0.4968 tonnes per hectare | -38.1% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 0.4968 tonnes per hectare is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.95 tonnes per hectare, 25% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 0.4968 tonnes per hectare is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.27 tonnes per hectare, 39% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.31 tonnes per hectare | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | 2.76 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 2.12 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7285 tonnes per hectare | 0.4968 tonnes per hectare | 0.8518 tonnes per hectare | 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 corn: yield gap in Colombia?
- Corn: yield gap in Colombia was 0.4968 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Mueller et al. (2012); USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest corn: yield gap recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.76 tonnes per hectare in 2001.
- What is the lowest corn: yield gap recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4968 tonnes per hectare in 2024.
- How does Colombia rank for corn: yield gap?
- Colombia ranks 84th out of 115 countries with data for 2024.
- Is corn: yield gap rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Mueller et al. (2012); USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Corn: Yield gap. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield gaps are the difference between attainable yields and actual yields, measured in tonnes per hectare. Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.