Yams — Production in Colombia
Colombia: Yams — Production was 408,944 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Production in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 408,944 t for yams — production in 2024.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 33.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Colombia peaked at 423,883 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 28,322 t, in 1990.
That places Colombia 7th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Production in Colombia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 118,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 123,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 126,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 130,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 133,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 139,000 t | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 141,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 144,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 120,000 t | -16.7% |
| 1970 | 100,000 t | -16.7% |
| 1971 | 63,100 t | -36.9% |
| 1972 | 70,400 t | +11.6% |
| 1973 | 69,800 t | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 73,800 t | +5.7% |
| 1975 | 73,200 t | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 105,300 t | +43.9% |
| 1977 | 161,800 t | +53.7% |
| 1978 | 175,700 t | +8.6% |
| 1979 | 141,400 t | -19.5% |
| 1980 | 169,100 t | +19.6% |
| 1981 | 119,300 t | -29.5% |
| 1982 | 76,600 t | -35.8% |
| 1983 | 96,300 t | +25.7% |
| 1984 | 103,290 t | +7.3% |
| 1985 | 94,860 t | -8.2% |
| 1986 | 67,300 t | -29.1% |
| 1987 | 139,100 t | +106.7% |
| 1988 | 125,300 t | -9.9% |
| 1989 | 111,500 t | -11.0% |
| 1990 | 28,322 t | -74.6% |
| 1991 | 51,944 t | +83.4% |
| 1992 | 77,477 t | +49.2% |
| 1993 | 77,516 t | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 123,952 t | +59.9% |
| 1995 | 132,384 t | +6.8% |
| 1996 | 205,607 t | +55.3% |
| 1997 | 127,512 t | -38.0% |
| 1998 | 164,918 t | +29.3% |
| 1999 | 209,440 t | +27.0% |
| 2000 | 254,849 t | +21.7% |
| 2001 | 255,458 t | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 246,440 t | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 290,194 t | +17.8% |
| 2004 | 310,205 t | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 279,732 t | -9.8% |
| 2006 | 260,685 t | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 261,188 t | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 265,752 t | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 380,843 t | +43.3% |
| 2010 | 393,763 t | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 396,613 t | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 344,820 t | -13.1% |
| 2013 | 365,556 t | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 307,551 t | -15.9% |
| 2015 | 359,890 t | +17.0% |
| 2016 | 407,817 t | +13.3% |
| 2017 | 364,572 t | -10.6% |
| 2018 | 357,902 t | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 409,165 t | +14.3% |
| 2020 | 423,883 t | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 409,423 t | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 402,358 t | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 412,820 t | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 408,944 t | -0.9% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 408,944 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,602 t, 42.6× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 408,944 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,119 t, 193.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +106.7% | 67,300 t | 139,100 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 130,444 t | 118,000 t | 144,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 103,450 t | 63,100 t | 175,700 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 110,265 t | 67,300 t | 169,100 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 119,907 t | 28,322 t | 209,440 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 280,535 t | 246,440 t | 380,843 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 370,765 t | 307,551 t | 409,165 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 411,486 t | 402,358 t | 423,883 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 4 Togo 982,384 t compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 7.66 million t compare
- 5 India 977,000 t compare
- 5 Melanesia 479,958 t compare
- 6 Cameroon 541,648 t compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 127,840 t compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 55,772 t compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 385,041 t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 9,375 t compare
- 9 Guinea 326,092 t compare
- 9 Polynesia 4,940 t compare
- 10 Ethiopia PDR 262,000 t compare
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 — production in Colombia?
- Yams — production in Colombia was 408,944 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 423,883 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,322 t in 1990.
- How does Colombia rank for yams — production?
- Colombia ranks 7th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.0%. 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 Yams — Production. 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.