Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 281,914 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Colombia stood at 281,914 ha.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 29.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 433,000 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 170,500 ha, in 1965.
Colombia ranks 4th of 50 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 187,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 189,200 ha | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 191,600 ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 196,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 170,500 ha | -13.4% |
| 1966 | 225,000 ha | +32.0% |
| 1967 | 230,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 230,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 240,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 240,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 324,900 ha | +35.4% |
| 1972 | 324,800 ha | -0.0% |
| 1973 | 326,700 ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 327,900 ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 341,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 340,100 ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 386,300 ha | +13.6% |
| 1978 | 400,100 ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 412,100 ha | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 432,600 ha | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 433,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 358,200 ha | -17.3% |
| 1983 | 359,800 ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 351,680 ha | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 357,860 ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 351,100 ha | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 364,980 ha | +4.0% |
| 1988 | 368,770 ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 379,300 ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 351,803 ha | -7.2% |
| 1991 | 354,035 ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 379,678 ha | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 394,270 ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 388,153 ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 398,015 ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 398,291 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 391,068 ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 379,965 ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 355,100 ha | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 390,794 ha | +10.1% |
| 2001 | 395,695 ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 392,355 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 386,607 ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 391,340 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 386,252 ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 385,217 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 394,655 ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 414,129 ha | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 349,875 ha | -15.5% |
| 2010 | 368,754 ha | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 371,374 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 396,907 ha | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 397,647 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 399,653 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 413,474 ha | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 421,034 ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 176,577 ha | -58.1% |
| 2018 | 234,613 ha | +32.9% |
| 2019 | 250,575 ha | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 264,106 ha | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 269,652 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 274,731 ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 279,229 ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 281,914 ha | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 206,722 ha | 170,500 ha | 240,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 342,390 ha | 240,000 ha | 412,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 375,729 ha | 351,100 ha | 433,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 379,038 ha | 351,803 ha | 398,291 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 388,692 ha | 349,875 ha | 414,129 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 343,061 ha | 176,577 ha | 421,034 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 273,926 ha | 264,106 ha | 281,914 ha | 5 |
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- 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 plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Colombia?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Colombia was 281,914 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 433,000 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 170,500 ha in 1965.
- How does Colombia rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 4th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.5%. 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — 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.