Yams — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Yams — Area harvested was 35,120 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — area harvested in Colombia stood at 35,120 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 19.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 41,553 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 4,547 ha, in 1990.
That places Colombia 12th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Area harvested in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 12,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1971 | 6,700 ha | -33.0% |
| 1972 | 7,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 7,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 7,300 ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 10,300 ha | +41.1% |
| 1977 | 13,600 ha | +32.0% |
| 1978 | 14,200 ha | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 12,400 ha | -12.7% |
| 1980 | 14,700 ha | +18.5% |
| 1981 | 13,000 ha | -11.6% |
| 1982 | 10,600 ha | -18.5% |
| 1983 | 13,900 ha | +31.1% |
| 1984 | 14,260 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 12,565 ha | -11.9% |
| 1986 | 9,570 ha | -23.8% |
| 1987 | 15,700 ha | +64.1% |
| 1988 | 16,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 20,100 ha | +24.8% |
| 1990 | 4,547 ha | -77.4% |
| 1991 | 6,422 ha | +41.2% |
| 1992 | 6,761 ha | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 6,059 ha | -10.4% |
| 1994 | 11,709 ha | +93.2% |
| 1995 | 11,393 ha | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 18,710 ha | +64.2% |
| 1997 | 12,332 ha | -34.1% |
| 1998 | 15,294 ha | +24.0% |
| 1999 | 20,365 ha | +33.2% |
| 2000 | 23,039 ha | +13.1% |
| 2001 | 21,815 ha | -5.3% |
| 2002 | 21,678 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 24,773 ha | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 26,502 ha | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 23,771 ha | -10.3% |
| 2006 | 24,686 ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 25,105 ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 25,341 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 35,916 ha | +41.7% |
| 2010 | 36,168 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 35,652 ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 31,416 ha | -11.9% |
| 2013 | 33,235 ha | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 29,426 ha | -11.5% |
| 2015 | 35,474 ha | +20.6% |
| 2016 | 41,553 ha | +17.1% |
| 2017 | 31,370 ha | -24.5% |
| 2018 | 28,799 ha | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 33,504 ha | +16.3% |
| 2020 | 34,517 ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 33,927 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 34,098 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 35,725 ha | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 35,120 ha | -1.7% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 35,120 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 667 ha, 52.7× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 35,120 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 244 ha, 143.9× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,667 ha | 12,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,570 ha | 6,700 ha | 14,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,050 ha | 9,570 ha | 20,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,359 ha | 4,547 ha | 20,365 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,263 ha | 21,678 ha | 35,916 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,660 ha | 28,799 ha | 41,553 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,677 ha | 33,927 ha | 35,725 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 yams — area harvested in Colombia?
- Yams — area harvested in Colombia was 35,120 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 41,553 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,547 ha in 1990.
- How does Colombia rank for yams — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 12th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.4%. 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 Yams — 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.