Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 113,639 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — area harvested in Colombia is 113,639 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 33.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 118,121 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 24,720 ha, in 1961.
Colombia ranks 58th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,720 ha | — |
| 1962 | 25,760 ha | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 26,822 ha | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 28,022 ha | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 29,104 ha | +3.9% |
| 1966 | 38,169 ha | +31.1% |
| 1967 | 39,171 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 40,281 ha | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 41,183 ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 43,023 ha | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 44,650 ha | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 46,740 ha | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 45,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1974 | 44,886 ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 44,815 ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 56,410 ha | +25.9% |
| 1977 | 58,965 ha | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 60,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 60,325 ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 60,970 ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 61,480 ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 59,930 ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 59,170 ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 60,070 ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 64,300 ha | +7.0% |
| 1986 | 73,139 ha | +13.7% |
| 1987 | 89,236 ha | +22.0% |
| 1988 | 102,697 ha | +15.1% |
| 1989 | 105,175 ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 70,522 ha | -32.9% |
| 1991 | 49,400 ha | -30.0% |
| 1992 | 42,813 ha | -13.3% |
| 1993 | 43,958 ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 68,621 ha | +56.1% |
| 1995 | 67,406 ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 74,723 ha | +10.9% |
| 1997 | 77,852 ha | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 77,366 ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 91,157 ha | +17.8% |
| 2000 | 63,997 ha | -29.8% |
| 2001 | 64,325 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 63,730 ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 67,604 ha | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 68,296 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 68,737 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 71,775 ha | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 69,982 ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 76,731 ha | +9.6% |
| 2009 | 79,871 ha | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 77,930 ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 80,371 ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 85,829 ha | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 87,232 ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 84,960 ha | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 85,916 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 107,678 ha | +25.3% |
| 2017 | 107,481 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 113,278 ha | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 118,121 ha | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 116,604 ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 113,477 ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 113,635 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 114,062 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 113,639 ha | -0.4% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 113,639 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,947 ha, 2.7× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 113,639 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7,380 ha, 15.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +56.1% | 43,958 ha | 68,621 ha |
| 1990 | -32.9% | 105,175 ha | 70,522 ha |
| 1991 | -30.0% | 70,522 ha | 49,400 ha |
| 2000 | -29.8% | 91,157 ha | 63,997 ha |
| 1966 | +31.1% | 29,104 ha | 38,169 ha |
| 1976 | +25.9% | 44,815 ha | 56,410 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,581 ha | 24,720 ha | 41,183 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 50,481 ha | 43,023 ha | 60,325 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 73,617 ha | 59,170 ha | 105,175 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 66,382 ha | 42,813 ha | 91,157 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 69,505 ha | 63,730 ha | 79,871 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 94,880 ha | 77,930 ha | 118,121 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 114,283 ha | 113,477 ha | 116,604 ha | 5 |
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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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Colombia?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Colombia was 113,639 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 118,121 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,720 ha in 1961.
- How does Colombia rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 58th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.8%. 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 Vegetables 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.