Soya beans — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Soya beans — Area harvested was 93,267 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Soya beans — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 93,267 ha for soya beans — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.8% on the previous year and up 159.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 116,150 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 13,500 ha, in 1961.
Colombia ranks 33rd of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,400 ha | +21.5% |
| 1963 | 18,500 ha | +12.8% |
| 1964 | 24,800 ha | +34.1% |
| 1965 | 29,700 ha | +19.8% |
| 1966 | 35,000 ha | +17.8% |
| 1967 | 48,000 ha | +37.1% |
| 1968 | 50,500 ha | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 53,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 66,500 ha | +25.5% |
| 1971 | 55,100 ha | -17.1% |
| 1972 | 54,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 54,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 57,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 87,800 ha | +54.0% |
| 1976 | 37,600 ha | -57.2% |
| 1977 | 56,700 ha | +50.8% |
| 1978 | 69,000 ha | +21.7% |
| 1979 | 71,300 ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 78,100 ha | +9.5% |
| 1981 | 43,900 ha | -43.8% |
| 1982 | 49,200 ha | +12.1% |
| 1983 | 59,500 ha | +20.9% |
| 1984 | 50,620 ha | -14.9% |
| 1985 | 54,440 ha | +7.5% |
| 1986 | 78,450 ha | +44.1% |
| 1987 | 64,750 ha | -17.5% |
| 1988 | 61,220 ha | -5.5% |
| 1989 | 92,600 ha | +51.3% |
| 1990 | 116,150 ha | +25.4% |
| 1991 | 100,600 ha | -13.4% |
| 1992 | 49,357 ha | -50.9% |
| 1993 | 52,994 ha | +7.4% |
| 1994 | 56,610 ha | +6.8% |
| 1995 | 45,074 ha | -20.4% |
| 1996 | 27,157 ha | -39.8% |
| 1997 | 43,454 ha | +60.0% |
| 1998 | 33,952 ha | -21.9% |
| 1999 | 19,365 ha | -43.0% |
| 2000 | 17,231 ha | -11.0% |
| 2001 | 23,546 ha | +36.6% |
| 2002 | 34,500 ha | +46.5% |
| 2003 | 42,000 ha | +21.7% |
| 2004 | 48,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 30,800 ha | -35.8% |
| 2006 | 27,300 ha | -11.4% |
| 2007 | 26,450 ha | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 26,050 ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 27,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 31,604 ha | +17.1% |
| 2011 | 34,657 ha | +9.7% |
| 2012 | 32,521 ha | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 31,538 ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 35,914 ha | +13.9% |
| 2015 | 33,975 ha | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 29,115 ha | -14.3% |
| 2017 | 27,313 ha | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 34,597 ha | +26.7% |
| 2019 | 40,549 ha | +17.2% |
| 2020 | 46,393 ha | +14.4% |
| 2021 | 48,407 ha | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 54,722 ha | +13.0% |
| 2023 | 87,300 ha | +59.5% |
| 2024 | 93,267 ha | +6.8% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 93,267 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,182 ha, 6.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 93,267 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,155 ha, 9.2× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,156 ha | 13,500 ha | 53,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 60,900 ha | 37,600 ha | 87,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 63,278 ha | 43,900 ha | 92,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 54,471 ha | 19,365 ha | 116,150 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,288 ha | 17,231 ha | 48,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,178 ha | 27,313 ha | 40,549 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 66,018 ha | 46,393 ha | 93,267 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 soya beans — area harvested in Colombia?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Colombia was 93,267 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 116,150 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Colombia rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 33rd out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 159.7%. 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 Soya beans — 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.