Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 511,583 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil palm fruit — area harvested in Colombia is 511,583 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 80.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 511,583 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 800 ha, in 1961.
That places Colombia 5th out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,100 ha | +37.5% |
| 1963 | 1,250 ha | +13.6% |
| 1964 | 1,350 ha | +8.0% |
| 1965 | 1,500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 1,650 ha | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 5,600 ha | +239.4% |
| 1968 | 10,000 ha | +78.6% |
| 1969 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 11,500 ha | +15.0% |
| 1971 | 13,800 ha | +20.0% |
| 1972 | 15,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1973 | 16,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 18,200 ha | +10.3% |
| 1975 | 15,700 ha | -13.7% |
| 1976 | 16,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 17,400 ha | +8.8% |
| 1978 | 19,200 ha | +10.3% |
| 1979 | 22,600 ha | +17.7% |
| 1980 | 25,400 ha | +12.4% |
| 1981 | 27,700 ha | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 31,600 ha | +14.1% |
| 1983 | 35,400 ha | +12.0% |
| 1984 | 38,746 ha | +9.5% |
| 1985 | 43,840 ha | +13.1% |
| 1986 | 48,790 ha | +11.3% |
| 1987 | 51,560 ha | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 62,870 ha | +21.9% |
| 1989 | 76,135 ha | +21.1% |
| 1990 | 89,671 ha | +17.8% |
| 1991 | 97,604 ha | +8.8% |
| 1992 | 108,510 ha | +11.2% |
| 1993 | 113,395 ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 108,040 ha | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 113,367 ha | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 117,853 ha | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 120,192 ha | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 123,130 ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 128,423 ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 134,772 ha | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 138,457 ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 145,026 ha | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 150,399 ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 157,328 ha | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 169,564 ha | +7.8% |
| 2006 | 165,000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 165,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 165,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 165,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 203,415 ha | +23.3% |
| 2011 | 231,172 ha | +13.6% |
| 2012 | 235,014 ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 252,742 ha | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 283,900 ha | +12.3% |
| 2015 | 333,145 ha | +17.3% |
| 2016 | 310,647 ha | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 455,149 ha | +46.5% |
| 2018 | 487,214 ha | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 504,117 ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 478,045 ha | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 482,649 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 487,076 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 502,624 ha | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 511,583 ha | +1.8% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 511,583 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 101,305 ha, 5.0× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 511,583 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 100,000 ha, 5.1× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oil palm fruit — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +239.4% | 1,650 ha | 5,600 ha |
| 1968 | +78.6% | 5,600 ha | 10,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,694 ha | 800 ha | 10,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,590 ha | 11,500 ha | 22,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,204 ha | 25,400 ha | 76,135 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 112,018 ha | 89,671 ha | 128,423 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 155,555 ha | 134,772 ha | 169,564 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 329,652 ha | 203,415 ha | 504,117 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 492,395 ha | 478,045 ha | 511,583 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 2 Malaysia 5.07 million ha compare
- 3 Nigeria 4.49 million ha compare
- 4 Thailand 1.01 million ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 309,937 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 296,829 ha compare
- 6 Ghana 435,934 ha compare
- 7 Guinea 333,229 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 48,098 ha compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 281,937 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 5,603 ha compare
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 oil palm fruit — area harvested in Colombia?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Colombia was 511,583 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 511,583 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 800 ha in 1961.
- How does Colombia rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 5th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oil palm fruit — 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.