Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Colombia
Colombia: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value was 247 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Colombia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Colombia is 247 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 27.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Colombia peaked at 340 kcal/cap/d in 2013 and was at its lowest, 216 kcal/cap/d, in 2017.
That places Colombia 32nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 306 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 287 kcal/cap/d | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 286 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 340 kcal/cap/d | +18.9% |
| 2014 | 310 kcal/cap/d | -8.8% |
| 2015 | 299 kcal/cap/d | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 311 kcal/cap/d | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 216 kcal/cap/d | -30.5% |
| 2018 | 231 kcal/cap/d | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 242 kcal/cap/d | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 242 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 240 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 243 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 247 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 247 kcal/cap/d is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 101.5 kcal/cap/d, 2.4× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 247 kcal/cap/d is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 100 kcal/cap/d, 2.5× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 282.8 kcal/cap/d | 216 kcal/cap/d | 340 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 243 kcal/cap/d | 240 kcal/cap/d | 247 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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 roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Colombia?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Colombia was 247 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 340 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 216 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- How does Colombia rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value?
- Colombia ranks 32nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.4%. 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 Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.