Wheat — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Wheat — Yield was 3,111 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in Colombia stood at 3,111 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.8% on the previous year and up 110.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Colombia peaked at 3,111 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 796.5 kg/ha, in 1963.
Colombia ranks 64th of 124 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.
Wheat — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 888.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,080 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1963 | 796.5 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1964 | 850 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 916.7 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1966 | 1,136 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1967 | 1,176 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 1,167 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 1,255 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1970 | 1,183 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 1,134 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 1,140 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 1,281 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1974 | 1,304 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 1,292 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 1,381 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 875 kg/ha | -36.6% |
| 1978 | 1,269 kg/ha | +45.1% |
| 1979 | 1,365 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1980 | 1,215 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1981 | 1,597 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 1982 | 1,561 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 1,680 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1984 | 1,382 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1985 | 1,710 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1986 | 1,768 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 1,819 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 1,632 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1989 | 1,718 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 1,848 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1991 | 1,985 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 1,749 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1993 | 1,877 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1994 | 2,055 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 2,119 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 2,182 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 2,124 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 2,050 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 2,154 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 1,599 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 2001 | 1,511 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 1,735 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2003 | 1,950 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2004 | 1,888 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 2,337 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 2006 | 1,549 kg/ha | -33.7% |
| 2007 | 1,871 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2008 | 1,815 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 1,695 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 1,770 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 1,596 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 1,520 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 1,694 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2014 | 1,478 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2015 | 1,854 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 2016 | 1,594 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2017 | 2,094 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 2018 | 1,889 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2019 | 2,079 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2020 | 2,483 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2021 | 2,679 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2022 | 2,821 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2023 | 2,860 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 3,111 kg/ha | +8.8% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 3,111 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,753 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 3,111 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,753 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,030 kg/ha | 796.5 kg/ha | 1,255 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,223 kg/ha | 875 kg/ha | 1,381 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,608 kg/ha | 1,215 kg/ha | 1,819 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,014 kg/ha | 1,749 kg/ha | 2,182 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,795 kg/ha | 1,511 kg/ha | 2,337 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,757 kg/ha | 1,478 kg/ha | 2,094 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,791 kg/ha | 2,483 kg/ha | 3,111 kg/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 wheat — yield in Colombia?
- Wheat — yield in Colombia was 3,111 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,111 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 796.5 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Colombia rank for wheat — yield?
- Colombia ranks 64th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 110.4%. 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 Wheat — Yield. 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.