Spinach — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Spinach — Area harvested was 489 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — area harvested in Colombia is 489 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 78.5% on the previous year and up 60.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 1,899 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 94 ha, in 2001.
That places Colombia 34th out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spinach — Area harvested in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 260 ha | — |
| 1962 | 270 ha | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 280 ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 290 ha | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 300 ha | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 310 ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 320 ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 330 ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 340 ha | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 350 ha | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 360 ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 370 ha | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 380 ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 430 ha | +13.2% |
| 1975 | 340 ha | -20.9% |
| 1976 | 580 ha | +70.6% |
| 1977 | 550 ha | -5.2% |
| 1978 | 500 ha | -9.1% |
| 1979 | 460 ha | -8.0% |
| 1980 | 475 ha | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 480 ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 490 ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 500 ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1986 | 520 ha | -5.5% |
| 1987 | 460 ha | -11.5% |
| 1988 | 358 ha | -22.2% |
| 1989 | 360 ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 430 ha | +19.4% |
| 1991 | 188 ha | -56.3% |
| 1992 | 200 ha | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 220 ha | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 259 ha | +17.7% |
| 1995 | 243 ha | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 280 ha | +15.2% |
| 1997 | 300 ha | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 320 ha | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 376 ha | +17.5% |
| 2000 | 500 ha | +33.0% |
| 2001 | 94 ha | -81.2% |
| 2002 | 106 ha | +12.8% |
| 2003 | 95 ha | -10.4% |
| 2004 | 174 ha | +83.2% |
| 2005 | 198 ha | +13.8% |
| 2006 | 222 ha | +12.1% |
| 2007 | 223 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 296 ha | +32.7% |
| 2009 | 392 ha | +32.4% |
| 2010 | 456 ha | +16.3% |
| 2011 | 390 ha | -14.5% |
| 2012 | 372 ha | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 336 ha | -9.7% |
| 2014 | 304 ha | -9.5% |
| 2015 | 303 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 692 ha | +128.4% |
| 2017 | 1,307 ha | +88.9% |
| 2018 | 1,821 ha | +39.3% |
| 2019 | 1,899 ha | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 300 ha | -84.2% |
| 2021 | 286 ha | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 291 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 274 ha | -5.8% |
| 2024 | 489 ha | +78.5% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 489 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 684.5 ha, 71% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 489 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 684.5 ha, 71% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Area harvested in Colombia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +128.4% | 303 ha | 692 ha |
| 2020 | -84.2% | 1,899 ha | 300 ha |
| 2017 | +88.9% | 692 ha | 1,307 ha |
| 2001 | -81.2% | 500 ha | 94 ha |
| 2004 | +83.2% | 95 ha | 174 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 300 ha | 260 ha | 340 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 432 ha | 340 ha | 580 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 469.3 ha | 358 ha | 550 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 281.6 ha | 188 ha | 430 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 230 ha | 94 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 788 ha | 303 ha | 1,899 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 328 ha | 274 ha | 489 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 spinach — area harvested in Colombia?
- Spinach — area harvested in Colombia was 489 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,899 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 94 ha in 2001.
- How does Colombia rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 34th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Spinach — 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.