Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 89,010 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — yield in Colombia stood at 89,010 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Colombia peaked at 101,659 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 38,995 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Colombia 14th out of 152 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 — 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 | 92,900 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 86,289 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 86,295 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 83,559 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 82,704 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 96,822 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2003 | 99,071 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 101,659 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 97,997 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 90,353 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 85,718 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 84,040 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 96,510 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2010 | 93,198 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 91,202 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 83,869 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2013 | 85,666 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 94,904 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2015 | 88,088 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 86,226 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 54,188 kg/ha | -37.2% |
| 2018 | 73,383 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 2019 | 50,213 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 2020 | 89,036 kg/ha | +77.3% |
| 2021 | 95,759 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 91,215 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 90,824 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 89,010 kg/ha | -2.0% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 89,010 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 45,353 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 89,010 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,838 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — 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 | +77.3% | 50,213 kg/ha | 89,036 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 | 86,546 kg/ha | 80,023 kg/ha | 92,900 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 91,843 kg/ha | 82,704 kg/ha | 101,659 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 80,094 kg/ha | 50,213 kg/ha | 94,904 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 91,169 kg/ha | 89,010 kg/ha | 95,759 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 11 Chile 94,432 kg/ha compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 49,357 kg/ha compare
- 12 Eswatini 92,233 kg/ha compare
- 13 Chad 91,588 kg/ha compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 34,972 kg/ha compare
- 15 French Polynesia 88,620 kg/ha compare
- 15 Melanesia 34,696 kg/ha compare
- 16 Australia 87,569 kg/ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 20,747 kg/ha compare
- 16 Australia and New Zealand 87,569 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 crops primary — yield in Colombia?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Colombia was 89,010 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 101,659 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,995 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Colombia rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Colombia ranks 14th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — 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 Crops Primary — Yield. 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.