Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 16,018 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 16,018 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Colombia peaked at 17,864 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 6,634 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Colombia 98th out of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,391 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,783 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 6,634 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1964 | 7,862 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1965 | 7,585 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1966 | 7,464 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 7,525 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 7,572 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 7,738 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 9,066 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1971 | 8,500 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1972 | 8,350 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 8,719 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 9,195 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 9,129 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 9,405 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 10,343 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1978 | 11,314 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1979 | 10,511 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1980 | 11,104 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 11,514 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 10,897 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1983 | 11,056 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 12,093 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1985 | 10,981 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1986 | 10,896 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 10,927 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 11,690 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 11,860 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 11,840 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 12,218 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 11,938 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 12,762 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 12,565 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 12,919 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 12,826 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 12,476 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 12,048 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 12,722 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 11,057 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2001 | 11,925 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2002 | 12,394 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 13,122 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 12,968 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 12,595 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 12,699 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 13,530 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 13,595 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 13,206 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 12,661 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 12,818 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 12,036 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 12,387 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 13,684 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2015 | 12,249 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2016 | 13,320 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 17,864 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 2018 | 16,140 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2019 | 17,252 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 15,649 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2021 | 16,028 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 15,998 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 16,172 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 16,018 kg/ha | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,506 kg/ha | 6,634 kg/ha | 7,862 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,453 kg/ha | 8,350 kg/ha | 11,314 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,302 kg/ha | 10,896 kg/ha | 12,093 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,431 kg/ha | 11,840 kg/ha | 12,919 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,709 kg/ha | 11,057 kg/ha | 13,595 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,041 kg/ha | 12,036 kg/ha | 17,864 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,973 kg/ha | 15,649 kg/ha | 16,172 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Colombia?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Colombia was 16,018 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 17,864 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,634 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Colombia rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Colombia ranks 98th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.1%. 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 — Yield. 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.