Rice — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Rice — Area harvested was 627,249 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 627,249 ha for rice — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 6.0% on the previous year and up 36.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 667,500 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 233,213 ha, in 1970.
Colombia ranks 22nd of 133 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 237,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 297,550 ha | +25.5% |
| 1963 | 254,000 ha | -14.6% |
| 1964 | 302,500 ha | +19.1% |
| 1965 | 374,750 ha | +23.9% |
| 1966 | 350,000 ha | -6.6% |
| 1967 | 290,700 ha | -16.9% |
| 1968 | 277,125 ha | -4.7% |
| 1969 | 250,460 ha | -9.6% |
| 1970 | 233,213 ha | -6.9% |
| 1971 | 253,510 ha | +8.7% |
| 1972 | 273,840 ha | +8.0% |
| 1973 | 290,860 ha | +6.2% |
| 1974 | 368,550 ha | +26.7% |
| 1975 | 381,450 ha | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 355,650 ha | -6.8% |
| 1977 | 337,225 ha | -5.2% |
| 1978 | 434,265 ha | +28.8% |
| 1979 | 430,650 ha | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 414,200 ha | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 439,015 ha | +6.0% |
| 1982 | 473,910 ha | +7.9% |
| 1983 | 425,490 ha | -10.2% |
| 1984 | 370,860 ha | -12.8% |
| 1985 | 370,600 ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 325,169 ha | -12.3% |
| 1987 | 348,500 ha | +7.2% |
| 1988 | 389,000 ha | +11.6% |
| 1989 | 515,800 ha | +32.6% |
| 1990 | 521,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 435,100 ha | -16.5% |
| 1992 | 423,571 ha | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 385,915 ha | -8.9% |
| 1994 | 408,284 ha | +5.8% |
| 1995 | 406,761 ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 407,252 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 394,079 ha | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 402,781 ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 455,176 ha | +13.0% |
| 2000 | 472,759 ha | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 474,205 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 429,790 ha | -9.4% |
| 2003 | 498,023 ha | +15.9% |
| 2004 | 519,736 ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 456,005 ha | -12.3% |
| 2006 | 429,911 ha | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 431,898 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 493,554 ha | +14.3% |
| 2009 | 528,138 ha | +7.0% |
| 2010 | 482,297 ha | -8.7% |
| 2011 | 507,709 ha | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 481,500 ha | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 531,700 ha | +10.4% |
| 2014 | 461,300 ha | -13.2% |
| 2015 | 506,800 ha | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 610,600 ha | +20.5% |
| 2017 | 662,400 ha | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 590,000 ha | -10.9% |
| 2019 | 591,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 656,000 ha | +11.0% |
| 2021 | 665,200 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 563,300 ha | -15.3% |
| 2023 | 667,500 ha | +18.5% |
| 2024 | 627,249 ha | -6.0% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 627,249 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 40,875 ha, 15.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 627,249 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 50,796 ha, 12.3× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 292,687 ha | 237,100 ha | 374,750 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 335,921 ha | 233,213 ha | 434,265 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 407,254 ha | 325,169 ha | 515,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 424,002 ha | 385,915 ha | 521,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 473,402 ha | 429,790 ha | 528,138 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 542,531 ha | 461,300 ha | 662,400 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 635,850 ha | 563,300 ha | 667,500 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
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 rice — area harvested in Colombia?
- Rice — area harvested in Colombia was 627,249 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 667,500 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 233,213 ha in 1970.
- How does Colombia rank for rice — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 22nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.0%. 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 Rice — 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.