Potatoes — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Potatoes — Area harvested was 109,791 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Colombia is 109,791 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 185,080 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 48,500 ha, in 1961.
That places Colombia 31st out of 167 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72,156 ha | 48,500 ha | 81,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 110,710 ha | 84,100 ha | 148,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 158,180 ha | 139,100 ha | 172,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 168,423 ha | 146,568 ha | 185,080 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 129,108 ha | 109,541 ha | 169,078 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 125,545 ha | 98,619 ha | 162,879 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 116,236 ha | 109,791 ha | 125,426 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 28 Uzbekistan 124,721 ha compare
- 29 Kazakhstan 120,225 ha compare
- 30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 118,407 ha compare
- 32 Rwanda 104,518 ha compare
- 33 Belgium 100,470 ha compare
- 33 Réunion 480 ha compare
- 34 Serbia and Montenegro 95,347 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Colombia
- Agriculture share gdp 9.95 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.95 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 21.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 11.34 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 45.49 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.64 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Colombia?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Colombia was 109,791 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 185,080 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Colombia rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 31st out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. 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 Potatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.