Oil palm fruit — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Oil palm fruit — Yield was 15,295 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil palm fruit — yield in Colombia is 15,295 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.6% on the previous year and down 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — yield in Colombia peaked at 19,993 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 14,493 kg/ha, in 1971.
That places Colombia 9th out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,454 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1963 | 15,200 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 15,556 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 15,333 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 15,152 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 15,179 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 14,600 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1969 | 15,000 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 15,217 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 14,493 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1972 | 15,333 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1973 | 14,812 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 15,506 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1975 | 16,433 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1976 | 15,300 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1977 | 15,155 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 15,740 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 15,885 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 15,000 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 14,982 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 15,171 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 16,396 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1984 | 16,637 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 16,752 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 15,372 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1987 | 16,660 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1988 | 19,437 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1989 | 16,345 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1990 | 15,610 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 16,555 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 15,590 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1993 | 15,433 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 15,566 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 16,256 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 16,243 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 16,997 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 16,708 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 18,688 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2000 | 18,327 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 18,778 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 17,928 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 17,151 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 19,745 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2005 | 19,300 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 19,394 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 19,394 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 19,394 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 19,394 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 19,637 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 19,958 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 19,875 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 19,993 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 19,485 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 18,759 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 18,066 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 17,389 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 16,969 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 16,644 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 15,005 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2021 | 16,340 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2022 | 16,472 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 16,547 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 15,295 kg/ha | -7.6% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 15,295 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,392 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 15,295 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,525 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,164 kg/ha | 14,600 kg/ha | 15,556 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,387 kg/ha | 14,493 kg/ha | 16,433 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,275 kg/ha | 14,982 kg/ha | 19,437 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,365 kg/ha | 15,433 kg/ha | 18,688 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,880 kg/ha | 17,151 kg/ha | 19,745 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,678 kg/ha | 16,644 kg/ha | 19,993 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,932 kg/ha | 15,005 kg/ha | 16,547 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 oil palm fruit — yield in Colombia?
- Oil palm fruit — yield in Colombia was 15,295 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 19,993 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,493 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Colombia rank for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Colombia ranks 9th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.5%. 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 Oil palm fruit — 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.