Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 106,173 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — area harvested in Colombia stood at 106,173 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.5% on the previous year and down 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 285,191 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 106,173 ha, in 2024.
That places Colombia 71st out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 172,768 ha | 167,700 ha | 177,180 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 196,530 ha | 166,800 ha | 219,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 217,431 ha | 206,560 ha | 229,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 193,258 ha | 149,471 ha | 285,191 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 152,705 ha | 139,925 ha | 167,701 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 147,064 ha | 112,972 ha | 161,589 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 115,141 ha | 106,173 ha | 120,617 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 68 Belarus 134,613 ha compare
- 69 Madagascar 133,502 ha compare
- 70 Romania 119,350 ha compare
- 72 Kyrgyzstan 104,739 ha compare
- 73 Tunisia 104,682 ha compare
- 74 El Salvador 101,544 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Colombia?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Colombia was 106,173 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 285,191 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 106,173 ha in 2024.
- How does Colombia rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 71st out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pulses, Total — 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.