Soya beans — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Soya beans — Yield was 2,524 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — yield in Colombia stood at 2,524 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 11.4% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Colombia peaked at 2,933 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,342 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Colombia 24th out of 98 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.
Soya beans — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,482 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,342 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1963 | 1,622 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1964 | 1,613 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 1,684 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 1,486 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1967 | 1,667 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1968 | 2,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1969 | 2,047 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 1,984 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1971 | 1,828 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1972 | 1,937 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1973 | 1,800 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1974 | 2,000 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 1,924 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1976 | 1,997 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 1,815 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1978 | 1,896 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 2,042 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1980 | 1,978 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1981 | 2,027 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 2,008 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 2,057 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 1,860 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1985 | 1,914 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 2,128 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1987 | 1,980 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1988 | 1,885 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 1,916 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 1,999 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 1,924 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1992 | 1,945 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 2,136 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1994 | 1,932 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1995 | 2,108 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1996 | 2,140 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 2,078 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 2,120 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 2,036 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 2,249 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2001 | 2,659 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2002 | 2,360 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2003 | 2,190 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2004 | 1,617 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 2005 | 2,000 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 2006 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,157 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2009 | 2,200 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 1,715 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 2011 | 2,177 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 2012 | 2,664 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2013 | 2,725 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 2,510 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 2,580 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 2,766 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 2,933 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 2,666 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 2,813 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 2,574 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2021 | 2,530 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 2,595 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 2,267 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2024 | 2,524 kg/ha | +11.4% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 2,524 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,932 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 2,524 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,060 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,660 kg/ha | 1,342 kg/ha | 2,047 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,922 kg/ha | 1,800 kg/ha | 2,042 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,975 kg/ha | 1,860 kg/ha | 2,128 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,042 kg/ha | 1,924 kg/ha | 2,140 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,143 kg/ha | 1,617 kg/ha | 2,659 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,555 kg/ha | 1,715 kg/ha | 2,933 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,498 kg/ha | 2,267 kg/ha | 2,595 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 21 New Zealand 2,593 kg/ha compare
- 22 Poland 2,586 kg/ha compare
- 23 Yugoslav SFR 2,578 kg/ha compare
- 25 Luxembourg 2,500 kg/ha compare
- 25 Nicaragua 2,500 kg/ha compare
- 27 Croatia 2,477 kg/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 soya beans — yield in Colombia?
- Soya beans — yield in Colombia was 2,524 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,933 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,342 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Colombia rank for soya beans — yield?
- Colombia ranks 24th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. 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 — Yield. 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.