Potatoes — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Potatoes — Yield was 22,699 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Colombia is 22,699 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Colombia peaked at 23,387 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 8,309 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Colombia 65th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,367 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,620 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 8,309 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 1964 | 11,434 kg/ha | +37.6% |
| 1965 | 11,463 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 10,000 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1967 | 10,127 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 10,494 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 10,563 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 10,857 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 9,840 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1972 | 9,200 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1973 | 10,451 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1974 | 11,000 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1975 | 12,000 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 12,126 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 12,374 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 14,093 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1979 | 13,284 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1980 | 12,160 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1981 | 13,169 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1982 | 13,008 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 13,624 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1984 | 15,422 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1985 | 13,734 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1986 | 13,408 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 14,261 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1988 | 14,814 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 15,633 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 15,274 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 15,665 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 15,566 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 15,454 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 15,936 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 16,199 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 16,126 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 16,292 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 15,460 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1999 | 16,162 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 12,818 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 2001 | 14,374 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2002 | 15,638 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2003 | 16,436 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 15,820 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 15,195 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 15,903 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 16,699 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 17,601 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 18,379 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 17,246 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 17,339 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 18,166 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 18,562 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 20,052 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 19,479 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 18,892 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 22,756 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 2018 | 22,376 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 23,387 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 20,931 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2021 | 21,991 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 21,984 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 22,779 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 22,699 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 22,699 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,409 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 22,699 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23,008 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +37.6% | 8,309 kg/ha | 11,434 kg/ha |
| 1963 | -28.5% | 11,620 kg/ha | 8,309 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,597 kg/ha | 8,309 kg/ha | 11,620 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,523 kg/ha | 9,200 kg/ha | 14,093 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,923 kg/ha | 12,160 kg/ha | 15,633 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,813 kg/ha | 15,274 kg/ha | 16,292 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,886 kg/ha | 12,818 kg/ha | 18,379 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,826 kg/ha | 17,246 kg/ha | 23,387 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,077 kg/ha | 20,931 kg/ha | 22,779 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 62 Bangladesh 23,198 kg/ha compare
- 63 United Arab Emirates 22,893 kg/ha compare
- 64 China, Taiwan Province of 22,793 kg/ha compare
- 66 Mali 22,506 kg/ha compare
- 67 Cyprus 22,095 kg/ha compare
- 68 Belarus 22,063 kg/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 — yield in Colombia?
- Potatoes — yield in Colombia was 22,699 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 23,387 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,309 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Colombia rank for potatoes — yield?
- Colombia ranks 65th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. 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 — 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.