Vegetables Primary — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 23,095 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 23,095 kg/ha for vegetables primary — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Colombia peaked at 25,486 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 12,922 kg/ha, in 1989.
Colombia ranks 60th 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 — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,108 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,828 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 18,459 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 19,083 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 19,609 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 17,974 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1967 | 18,427 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 18,870 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 19,386 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 19,586 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 19,634 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 19,453 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 20,607 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 21,444 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 23,009 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1976 | 23,095 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 22,136 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1978 | 22,154 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 22,204 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 22,209 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 21,978 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 19,926 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1983 | 20,468 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 21,156 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 22,644 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1986 | 21,544 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1987 | 15,510 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1988 | 14,218 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1989 | 12,922 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1990 | 19,892 kg/ha | +53.9% |
| 1991 | 19,511 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 19,613 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 20,224 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 13,808 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 1995 | 17,449 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 1996 | 19,603 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1997 | 21,606 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1998 | 19,465 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1999 | 16,028 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2000 | 25,486 kg/ha | +59.0% |
| 2001 | 21,545 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2002 | 21,460 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 22,650 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 21,418 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2005 | 21,856 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 20,018 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2007 | 20,599 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 21,172 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 21,095 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 21,292 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 21,457 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 21,879 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 23,056 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 22,323 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 22,470 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 21,444 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 21,200 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 22,866 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 21,514 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 21,405 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 21,505 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 22,181 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 22,288 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 23,095 kg/ha | +3.6% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 23,095 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,535 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 23,095 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,009 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +59.0% | 16,028 kg/ha | 25,486 kg/ha |
| 1990 | +53.9% | 12,922 kg/ha | 19,892 kg/ha |
| 1994 | -31.7% | 20,224 kg/ha | 13,808 kg/ha |
| 1987 | -28.0% | 21,544 kg/ha | 15,510 kg/ha |
| 1995 | +26.4% | 13,808 kg/ha | 17,449 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,527 kg/ha | 17,108 kg/ha | 19,609 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,332 kg/ha | 19,453 kg/ha | 23,095 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,258 kg/ha | 12,922 kg/ha | 22,644 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,720 kg/ha | 13,808 kg/ha | 21,606 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,730 kg/ha | 20,018 kg/ha | 25,486 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,950 kg/ha | 21,200 kg/ha | 23,056 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,095 kg/ha | 21,405 kg/ha | 23,095 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
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 — yield in Colombia?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Colombia was 23,095 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 25,486 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,922 kg/ha in 1989.
- How does Colombia rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Colombia ranks 60th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. 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 — 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.