Meat — Import quantity in Colombia
Colombia: Meat — Import quantity was 235 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Import quantity in Colombia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 235 1000 t for meat — import quantity in 2023.
The figure is down 13.0% on the previous year and up 94.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — import quantity in Colombia peaked at 274 1000 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 57 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Colombia 51st out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Meat — Import quantity in Colombia, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 57 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 70 1000 t | +22.8% |
| 2012 | 89 1000 t | +27.1% |
| 2013 | 121 1000 t | +36.0% |
| 2014 | 134 1000 t | +10.7% |
| 2015 | 129 1000 t | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 156 1000 t | +20.9% |
| 2017 | 188 1000 t | +20.5% |
| 2018 | 234 1000 t | +24.5% |
| 2019 | 273 1000 t | +16.7% |
| 2020 | 203 1000 t | -25.6% |
| 2021 | 274 1000 t | +35.0% |
| 2022 | 270 1000 t | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 235 1000 t | -13.0% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 235 1000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 64 1000 t, 3.7× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 235 1000 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 47 1000 t, 5.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 145.1 1000 t | 57 1000 t | 273 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 245.5 1000 t | 203 1000 t | 274 1000 t | 4 |
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 meat — import quantity in Colombia?
- Meat — import quantity in Colombia was 235 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — import quantity recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 274 1000 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest meat — import quantity recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 57 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Colombia rank for meat — import quantity?
- Colombia ranks 51st out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — import quantity rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 94.2%. 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 Meat — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.