Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 258,804 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 258,804 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 449,033 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 178,500 ha, in 1961.
That places Colombia 36th out of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 178,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 228,000 ha | +27.7% |
| 1963 | 225,900 ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 215,800 ha | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 223,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 233,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 238,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 248,300 ha | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 245,700 ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 244,100 ha | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 343,800 ha | +40.8% |
| 1972 | 347,800 ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 355,400 ha | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 349,300 ha | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 374,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 368,600 ha | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 361,900 ha | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 372,600 ha | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 382,102 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 364,400 ha | -4.6% |
| 1981 | 379,500 ha | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 346,700 ha | -8.6% |
| 1983 | 347,100 ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 326,860 ha | -5.8% |
| 1985 | 310,615 ha | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 324,890 ha | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 337,550 ha | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 340,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 369,700 ha | +8.7% |
| 1990 | 381,083 ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 338,072 ha | -11.3% |
| 1992 | 340,813 ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 384,348 ha | +12.8% |
| 1994 | 392,715 ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 378,703 ha | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 396,407 ha | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 368,773 ha | -7.0% |
| 1998 | 363,537 ha | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 378,037 ha | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 317,928 ha | -15.9% |
| 2001 | 341,567 ha | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 299,954 ha | -12.2% |
| 2003 | 319,904 ha | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 315,948 ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 303,360 ha | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 335,964 ha | +10.7% |
| 2007 | 367,971 ha | +9.5% |
| 2008 | 332,593 ha | -9.6% |
| 2009 | 375,093 ha | +12.8% |
| 2010 | 347,370 ha | -7.4% |
| 2011 | 316,251 ha | -9.0% |
| 2012 | 376,260 ha | +19.0% |
| 2013 | 412,198 ha | +9.6% |
| 2014 | 349,721 ha | -15.2% |
| 2015 | 422,683 ha | +20.9% |
| 2016 | 449,033 ha | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 292,497 ha | -34.9% |
| 2018 | 281,784 ha | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 270,193 ha | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 271,091 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 256,397 ha | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 253,358 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 257,876 ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 258,804 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 226,300 ha | 178,500 ha | 248,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 349,960 ha | 244,100 ha | 382,102 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 344,732 ha | 310,615 ha | 379,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 372,249 ha | 338,072 ha | 396,407 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 331,028 ha | 299,954 ha | 375,093 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 351,799 ha | 270,193 ha | 449,033 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 259,505 ha | 253,358 ha | 271,091 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 33 Egypt 284,933 ha compare
- 34 Yugoslav SFR 284,512 ha compare
- 35 Germany 282,200 ha compare
- 37 Papua New Guinea 241,835 ha compare
- 38 Nepal 241,044 ha compare
- 39 Central African Republic 231,894 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Colombia?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Colombia was 258,804 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 449,033 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 178,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Colombia rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 36th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.0%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.