Sugar beet — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Sugar beet — Area harvested was 1,180 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Colombia, 1997–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar beet — area harvested in Colombia stood at 1,180 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 1,364 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 546 ha, in 2000.
That places Colombia 43rd out of 68 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 691 ha | — |
| 1998 | 684 ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 665 ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 546 ha | -17.9% |
| 2001 | 783 ha | +43.4% |
| 2002 | 876 ha | +11.9% |
| 2003 | 702 ha | -19.9% |
| 2004 | 719 ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 702 ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 679 ha | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 578 ha | -14.9% |
| 2008 | 1,308 ha | +126.3% |
| 2009 | 960 ha | -26.6% |
| 2010 | 771 ha | -19.7% |
| 2011 | 828 ha | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 1,364 ha | +64.7% |
| 2013 | 1,278 ha | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 1,248 ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 1,123 ha | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 1,157 ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 1,172 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 1,183 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 1,171 ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 1,187 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 1,180 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 1,179 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,182 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,180 ha | -0.2% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 1,180 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,638 ha, 32% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 1,180 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 728 ha, 1.6× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar beet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +126.3% | 578 ha | 1,308 ha |
| 2012 | +64.7% | 828 ha | 1,364 ha |
| 2001 | +43.4% | 546 ha | 783 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 680 ha | 665 ha | 691 ha | 3 |
| 2000s | 785.3 ha | 546 ha | 1,308 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,130 ha | 771 ha | 1,364 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,182 ha | 1,179 ha | 1,187 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 sugar beet — area harvested in Colombia?
- Sugar beet — area harvested in Colombia was 1,180 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,364 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 546 ha in 2000.
- How does Colombia rank for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 43rd out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. 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 Sugar beet — 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.