Sugar cane — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Sugar cane — Yield was 89,218 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — yield in Colombia stood at 89,218 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Colombia peaked at 101,810 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 38,995 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Colombia 14th out of 103 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.
Sugar cane — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45,610 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 49,652 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1963 | 39,881 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1964 | 43,391 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1965 | 38,995 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1966 | 54,167 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 1967 | 57,778 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 57,082 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 56,118 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1970 | 53,361 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1971 | 54,656 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 57,493 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1973 | 57,227 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 61,765 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1975 | 81,382 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 1976 | 80,812 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 76,067 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1978 | 83,485 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1979 | 87,589 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 89,322 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 83,124 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1982 | 89,900 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1983 | 89,332 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 80,748 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1985 | 73,318 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1986 | 73,069 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 73,426 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 76,604 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 82,349 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1990 | 87,301 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 88,891 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 85,329 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 80,023 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1994 | 83,584 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 84,688 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 90,162 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1997 | 93,031 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 86,401 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 86,405 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 83,641 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 82,830 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 97,001 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2003 | 99,214 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 101,810 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 98,136 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 90,475 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 85,812 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 84,249 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 96,705 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2010 | 93,360 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 91,344 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 84,071 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2013 | 85,859 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 95,124 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2015 | 88,260 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 86,399 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 54,264 kg/ha | -37.2% |
| 2018 | 73,508 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 2019 | 50,254 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 2020 | 89,220 kg/ha | +77.5% |
| 2021 | 95,987 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 91,411 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 91,040 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 89,218 kg/ha | -2.0% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 89,218 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 58,123 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 89,218 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,271 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +77.5% | 50,254 kg/ha | 89,220 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49,186 kg/ha | 38,995 kg/ha | 57,778 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 69,384 kg/ha | 53,361 kg/ha | 87,589 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 81,119 kg/ha | 73,069 kg/ha | 89,900 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 86,581 kg/ha | 80,023 kg/ha | 93,031 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 91,987 kg/ha | 82,830 kg/ha | 101,810 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 80,244 kg/ha | 50,254 kg/ha | 95,124 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 91,375 kg/ha | 89,218 kg/ha | 95,987 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 11 Nicaragua 95,372 kg/ha compare
- 12 Eswatini 92,233 kg/ha compare
- 13 Chad 91,588 kg/ha compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 34,972 kg/ha compare
- 14 Melanesia 34,696 kg/ha compare
- 15 Portugal 88,822 kg/ha compare
- 16 French Polynesia 88,620 kg/ha compare
- 17 Australia 87,657 kg/ha compare
- 17 Australia and New Zealand 87,657 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 sugar cane — yield in Colombia?
- Sugar cane — yield in Colombia was 89,218 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 101,810 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,995 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Colombia rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Colombia ranks 14th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.