Soya beans — Production in Colombia
Colombia: Soya beans — Production was 235,454 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Production in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — production in Colombia is 235,454 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 19.0% on the previous year and up 161.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — production in Colombia peaked at 235,454 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20,000 t, in 1961.
That places Colombia 29th out of 108 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.
Soya beans — Production in Colombia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 22,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 30,000 t | +36.4% |
| 1964 | 40,000 t | +33.3% |
| 1965 | 50,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1966 | 52,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 80,000 t | +53.8% |
| 1968 | 101,000 t | +26.2% |
| 1969 | 108,500 t | +7.4% |
| 1970 | 131,900 t | +21.6% |
| 1971 | 100,700 t | -23.7% |
| 1972 | 104,600 t | +3.9% |
| 1973 | 97,200 t | -7.1% |
| 1974 | 114,000 t | +17.3% |
| 1975 | 168,900 t | +48.2% |
| 1976 | 75,100 t | -55.5% |
| 1977 | 102,900 t | +37.0% |
| 1978 | 130,800 t | +27.1% |
| 1979 | 145,600 t | +11.3% |
| 1980 | 154,500 t | +6.1% |
| 1981 | 89,000 t | -42.4% |
| 1982 | 98,800 t | +11.0% |
| 1983 | 122,400 t | +23.9% |
| 1984 | 94,163 t | -23.1% |
| 1985 | 104,181 t | +10.6% |
| 1986 | 166,974 t | +60.3% |
| 1987 | 128,210 t | -23.2% |
| 1988 | 115,400 t | -10.0% |
| 1989 | 177,400 t | +53.7% |
| 1990 | 232,140 t | +30.9% |
| 1991 | 193,598 t | -16.6% |
| 1992 | 96,002 t | -50.4% |
| 1993 | 113,212 t | +17.9% |
| 1994 | 109,390 t | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 94,993 t | -13.2% |
| 1996 | 58,103 t | -38.8% |
| 1997 | 90,297 t | +55.4% |
| 1998 | 71,968 t | -20.3% |
| 1999 | 39,429 t | -45.2% |
| 2000 | 38,757 t | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 62,619 t | +61.6% |
| 2002 | 81,420 t | +30.0% |
| 2003 | 91,980 t | +13.0% |
| 2004 | 77,611 t | -15.6% |
| 2005 | 61,600 t | -20.6% |
| 2006 | 54,600 t | -11.4% |
| 2007 | 52,900 t | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 56,200 t | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 59,400 t | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 54,206 t | -8.7% |
| 2011 | 75,436 t | +39.2% |
| 2012 | 86,634 t | +14.8% |
| 2013 | 85,942 t | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 90,126 t | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 87,667 t | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 80,548 t | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 80,106 t | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 92,231 t | +15.1% |
| 2019 | 114,056 t | +23.7% |
| 2020 | 119,412 t | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 122,491 t | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 141,987 t | +15.9% |
| 2023 | 197,882 t | +39.4% |
| 2024 | 235,454 t | +19.0% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 235,454 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 24,711 t, 9.5× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 235,454 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 17,356 t, 13.6× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,944 t | 20,000 t | 108,500 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 117,170 t | 75,100 t | 168,900 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 125,103 t | 89,000 t | 177,400 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 109,913 t | 39,429 t | 232,140 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 63,709 t | 38,757 t | 91,980 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 84,695 t | 54,206 t | 114,056 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 163,445 t | 119,412 t | 235,454 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 26 Japan 252,400 t compare
- 27 Austria 249,130 t compare
- 27 Côte d'Ivoire 572.17 t compare
- 28 Ethiopia 240,000 t compare
- 30 Indonesia 227,367 t compare
- 31 Kazakhstan 207,503 t compare
- 32 Yugoslav SFR 187,900 t 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 soya beans — production in Colombia?
- Soya beans — production in Colombia was 235,454 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — production recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 235,454 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — production recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,000 t in 1961.
- How does Colombia rank for soya beans — production?
- Colombia ranks 29th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — production rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 161.2%. 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 Soya beans — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.