Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 358,250 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Colombia stood at 358,250 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 674,464 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 225,000 ha, in 1967.
That places Colombia 16th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 293,775 ha | — |
| 1962 | 293,222 ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 316,999 ha | +8.1% |
| 1964 | 325,303 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 326,204 ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 240,000 ha | -26.4% |
| 1967 | 225,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1968 | 233,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 237,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 238,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 247,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 260,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1973 | 272,600 ha | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 272,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 251,900 ha | -7.4% |
| 1976 | 261,100 ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 269,500 ha | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 274,900 ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 282,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 292,200 ha | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 279,100 ha | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 261,400 ha | -6.3% |
| 1983 | 270,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 291,030 ha | +7.4% |
| 1985 | 345,950 ha | +18.9% |
| 1986 | 340,090 ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 340,000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 336,590 ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 321,700 ha | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 318,334 ha | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 312,630 ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 339,041 ha | +8.4% |
| 1993 | 381,142 ha | +12.4% |
| 1994 | 373,278 ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 377,860 ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 388,191 ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 387,660 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 394,198 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 389,161 ha | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 406,558 ha | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 405,558 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 388,545 ha | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 399,264 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 400,228 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 406,762 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 410,739 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 410,779 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 384,696 ha | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 380,465 ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 349,302 ha | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 382,789 ha | +9.6% |
| 2012 | 397,896 ha | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 407,482 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 402,380 ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 410,585 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 403,471 ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 432,199 ha | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 456,297 ha | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 674,464 ha | +47.8% |
| 2020 | 408,770 ha | -39.4% |
| 2021 | 361,471 ha | -11.6% |
| 2022 | 391,977 ha | +8.4% |
| 2023 | 354,753 ha | -9.5% |
| 2024 | 358,250 ha | +1.0% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 358,250 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 34,880 ha, 10.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 358,250 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 26,844 ha, 13.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +47.8% | 456,297 ha | 674,464 ha |
| 2020 | -39.4% | 674,464 ha | 408,770 ha |
| 1966 | -26.4% | 326,204 ha | 240,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 276,723 ha | 225,000 ha | 326,204 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 262,990 ha | 238,000 ha | 282,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 307,896 ha | 261,400 ha | 345,950 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 366,150 ha | 312,630 ha | 394,198 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 399,359 ha | 380,465 ha | 410,779 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 431,686 ha | 349,302 ha | 674,464 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 375,044 ha | 354,753 ha | 408,770 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 13 France 411,630 ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 33,300 ha compare
- 14 Philippines 404,914 ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 14,107 ha compare
- 15 Egypt 389,139 ha compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 102 ha compare
- 16 Polynesia 41 ha compare
- 17 Australia 341,130 ha compare
- 17 Australia and New Zealand 341,130 ha compare
- 19 Poland 277,920 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 crops primary — area harvested in Colombia?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Colombia was 358,250 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 674,464 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 225,000 ha in 1967.
- How does Colombia rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 16th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. 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 Crops Primary — 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.