Tea leaves — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Tea leaves — Yield was 2,500 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tea leaves — Yield in Colombia, 1999–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — yield in Colombia stood at 2,500 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — yield in Colombia peaked at 2,500 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,200 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places Colombia 27th out of 45 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Tea leaves — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,000 kg/ha | — |
| 2000 | 1,200 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 2001 | 2,000 kg/ha | +66.7% |
| 2002 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,436 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2010 | 2,436 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,436 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,400 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 2,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,415 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 2,409 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 2,454 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 2,500 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 2,500 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,471 kg/ha, 56% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 2,500 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,232 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 1 |
| 2000s | 1,964 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 2,436 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,410 kg/ha | 2,400 kg/ha | 2,436 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,491 kg/ha | 2,454 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 24 China 4,471 kg/ha compare
- 25 Portugal 4,424 kg/ha compare
- 26 China, Taiwan Province of 2,768 kg/ha compare
- 28 South Africa 1,979 kg/ha compare
- 29 El Salvador 1,965 kg/ha compare
- 30 Azerbaijan 1,625 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 tea leaves — yield in Colombia?
- Tea leaves — yield in Colombia was 2,500 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,500 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,200 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Colombia rank for tea leaves — yield?
- Colombia ranks 27th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. 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 Tea leaves — 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.