Wheat — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Wheat — Area harvested was 1,490 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 1,490 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 48.8% on the previous year and down 66.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 160,000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1,490 ha, in 2024.
Colombia ranks 108th of 124 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 160,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 150,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1963 | 113,000 ha | -24.7% |
| 1964 | 100,000 ha | -11.5% |
| 1965 | 120,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1966 | 110,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1967 | 68,000 ha | -38.2% |
| 1968 | 90,000 ha | +32.4% |
| 1969 | 70,700 ha | -21.4% |
| 1970 | 45,400 ha | -35.8% |
| 1971 | 46,900 ha | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 60,700 ha | +29.4% |
| 1973 | 56,500 ha | -6.9% |
| 1974 | 45,100 ha | -20.2% |
| 1975 | 30,100 ha | -33.3% |
| 1976 | 32,800 ha | +9.0% |
| 1977 | 33,600 ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 29,700 ha | -11.6% |
| 1979 | 30,750 ha | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 37,600 ha | +22.3% |
| 1981 | 39,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 45,300 ha | +16.2% |
| 1983 | 46,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 42,900 ha | -7.3% |
| 1985 | 44,500 ha | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 46,200 ha | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 40,800 ha | -11.7% |
| 1988 | 38,300 ha | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 46,400 ha | +21.1% |
| 1990 | 56,700 ha | +22.2% |
| 1991 | 47,300 ha | -16.6% |
| 1992 | 43,008 ha | -9.1% |
| 1993 | 51,298 ha | +19.3% |
| 1994 | 51,191 ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 34,977 ha | -31.7% |
| 1996 | 29,611 ha | -15.3% |
| 1997 | 23,622 ha | -20.2% |
| 1998 | 19,058 ha | -19.3% |
| 1999 | 18,576 ha | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 23,189 ha | +24.8% |
| 2001 | 21,047 ha | -9.2% |
| 2002 | 23,509 ha | +11.7% |
| 2003 | 23,887 ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 23,026 ha | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 18,811 ha | -18.3% |
| 2006 | 17,043 ha | -9.4% |
| 2007 | 19,658 ha | +15.3% |
| 2008 | 21,592 ha | +9.8% |
| 2009 | 14,369 ha | -33.5% |
| 2010 | 8,559 ha | -40.4% |
| 2011 | 7,989 ha | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 5,916 ha | -25.9% |
| 2013 | 4,927 ha | -16.7% |
| 2014 | 4,388 ha | -10.9% |
| 2015 | 5,335 ha | +21.6% |
| 2016 | 8,500 ha | +59.3% |
| 2017 | 2,616 ha | -69.2% |
| 2018 | 3,388 ha | +29.5% |
| 2019 | 2,733 ha | -19.3% |
| 2020 | 2,535 ha | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 2,600 ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 4,583 ha | +76.3% |
| 2023 | 2,910 ha | -36.5% |
| 2024 | 1,490 ha | -48.8% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 1,490 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 317,739 ha, 0% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 1,490 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 198,067 ha, 1% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 109,078 ha | 68,000 ha | 160,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 41,155 ha | 29,700 ha | 60,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,730 ha | 37,600 ha | 46,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,534 ha | 18,576 ha | 56,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,613 ha | 14,369 ha | 23,887 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,435 ha | 2,616 ha | 8,559 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,824 ha | 1,490 ha | 4,583 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 wheat — area harvested in Colombia?
- Wheat — area harvested in Colombia was 1,490 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 160,000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,490 ha in 2024.
- How does Colombia rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 108th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.