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 28th out of 153 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.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 75,000 ha | +54.6% |
| 1963 | 68,900 ha | -8.1% |
| 1964 | 75,800 ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 66,500 ha | -12.3% |
| 1966 | 76,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1967 | 79,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1968 | 81,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 78,700 ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 84,100 ha | +6.9% |
| 1971 | 88,300 ha | +5.0% |
| 1972 | 89,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 98,600 ha | +10.2% |
| 1974 | 92,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1975 | 110,000 ha | +19.6% |
| 1976 | 125,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1977 | 130,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 141,600 ha | +8.9% |
| 1979 | 148,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 142,000 ha | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 159,500 ha | +12.3% |
| 1982 | 165,200 ha | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 160,500 ha | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 159,700 ha | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 139,100 ha | -12.9% |
| 1986 | 155,950 ha | +12.1% |
| 1987 | 157,250 ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 170,100 ha | +8.2% |
| 1989 | 172,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 161,350 ha | -6.5% |
| 1991 | 151,413 ha | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 146,568 ha | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 185,080 ha | +26.3% |
| 1994 | 184,397 ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 178,482 ha | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 173,702 ha | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 166,765 ha | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 164,759 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 171,713 ha | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 109,541 ha | -36.2% |
| 2001 | 122,755 ha | +12.1% |
| 2002 | 112,616 ha | -8.3% |
| 2003 | 130,455 ha | +15.8% |
| 2004 | 128,694 ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 120,623 ha | -6.3% |
| 2006 | 138,843 ha | +15.1% |
| 2007 | 169,078 ha | +21.8% |
| 2008 | 134,812 ha | -20.3% |
| 2009 | 123,659 ha | -8.3% |
| 2010 | 108,308 ha | -12.4% |
| 2011 | 98,619 ha | -8.9% |
| 2012 | 101,681 ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 114,715 ha | +12.8% |
| 2014 | 107,598 ha | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 132,563 ha | +23.2% |
| 2016 | 160,595 ha | +21.1% |
| 2017 | 162,879 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 134,924 ha | -17.2% |
| 2019 | 133,570 ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 125,426 ha | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 118,070 ha | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 114,916 ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 112,975 ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 109,791 ha | -2.8% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 109,791 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,744 ha, 7.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 109,791 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,144 ha, 34.9× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +54.6% | 48,500 ha | 75,000 ha |
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
- 25 Uzbekistan 124,721 ha compare
- 26 Kazakhstan 120,225 ha compare
- 27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 118,407 ha compare
- 27 Caribbean 12,358 ha compare
- 28 Cabo Verde 195 ha compare
- 29 Côte d'Ivoire 0 ha compare
- 29 Rwanda 104,518 ha compare
- 30 Belgium 100,470 ha compare
- 31 Serbia and Montenegro 95,347 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 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 28th out of 153 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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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.