Tomatoes — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 16,821 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 16,821 ha for tomatoes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 23,400 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 2,590 ha, in 1961.
Colombia ranks 40th of 169 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,590 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,670 ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 2,700 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 2,900 ha | +7.4% |
| 1965 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 11,200 ha | +273.3% |
| 1967 | 11,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 11,600 ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 11,700 ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 12,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 12,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 13,200 ha | +5.6% |
| 1973 | 12,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1974 | 12,045 ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 9,600 ha | -20.3% |
| 1976 | 13,800 ha | +43.8% |
| 1977 | 14,100 ha | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 14,200 ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 14,300 ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 14,420 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 14,600 ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 14,750 ha | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 14,140 ha | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 14,300 ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 14,550 ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 13,623 ha | -6.4% |
| 1987 | 14,305 ha | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 15,947 ha | +11.5% |
| 1989 | 22,000 ha | +38.0% |
| 1990 | 23,400 ha | +6.4% |
| 1991 | 14,774 ha | -36.9% |
| 1992 | 14,000 ha | -5.2% |
| 1993 | 12,968 ha | -7.4% |
| 1994 | 12,841 ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 12,800 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 13,500 ha | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 16,942 ha | +12.9% |
| 2000 | 17,264 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 16,515 ha | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 16,762 ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 15,202 ha | -9.3% |
| 2004 | 15,456 ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 14,908 ha | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 16,953 ha | +13.7% |
| 2007 | 15,783 ha | -6.9% |
| 2008 | 16,736 ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 15,330 ha | -8.4% |
| 2010 | 13,943 ha | -9.0% |
| 2011 | 15,181 ha | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 16,660 ha | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 16,724 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 16,388 ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 16,575 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 20,295 ha | +22.4% |
| 2017 | 9,939 ha | -51.0% |
| 2018 | 10,064 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 8,478 ha | -15.8% |
| 2020 | 17,481 ha | +106.2% |
| 2021 | 18,245 ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 17,214 ha | -5.7% |
| 2023 | 17,355 ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 16,821 ha | -3.1% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 16,821 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,039 ha, 2.8× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 16,821 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 603 ha, 27.9× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +273.3% | 3,000 ha | 11,200 ha |
| 2020 | +106.2% | 8,478 ha | 17,481 ha |
| 2017 | -51.0% | 20,295 ha | 9,939 ha |
| 1976 | +43.8% | 9,600 ha | 13,800 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,651 ha | 2,590 ha | 11,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,774 ha | 9,600 ha | 14,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,264 ha | 13,623 ha | 22,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,022 ha | 12,800 ha | 23,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,091 ha | 14,908 ha | 17,264 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,425 ha | 8,478 ha | 20,295 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,423 ha | 16,821 ha | 18,245 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 37 Burkina Faso 18,590 ha compare
- 38 Romania 17,930 ha compare
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- 41 Morocco 16,374 ha compare
- 42 Tajikistan 15,691 ha compare
- 43 Saudi Arabia 15,518 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 tomatoes — area harvested in Colombia?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Colombia was 16,821 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 23,400 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,590 ha in 1961.
- How does Colombia rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 40th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. 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 Tomatoes — Area harvested. 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.