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 115th of 133 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
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 share gdp 9.95 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.95 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 21.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 11.34 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 45.49 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.64 million t (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 115th out of 133 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.