Yams — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Yams — Yield was 11,644 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — yield in Colombia stood at 11,644 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Colombia peaked at 12,794 kg/ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 5,547 kg/ha, in 1989.
Colombia ranks 22nd of 61 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.
Yams — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,867 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,200 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 8,400 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 8,667 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 8,867 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 9,267 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 9,400 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 9,600 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 10,000 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1970 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 9,418 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1972 | 10,057 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1973 | 9,971 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 10,250 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 10,027 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 10,223 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 11,897 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1978 | 12,373 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 11,403 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1980 | 11,503 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 9,177 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1982 | 7,226 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1983 | 6,928 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 7,243 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 7,550 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 7,032 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1987 | 8,860 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1988 | 7,783 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1989 | 5,547 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 1990 | 6,229 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1991 | 8,088 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 1992 | 11,459 kg/ha | +41.7% |
| 1993 | 12,794 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1994 | 10,586 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1995 | 11,620 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1996 | 10,989 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1997 | 10,340 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 10,783 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 10,284 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 11,062 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 11,710 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 11,368 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 11,714 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 11,705 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 11,768 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 10,560 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2007 | 10,404 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 10,487 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 10,604 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 10,887 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 11,125 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 10,976 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 10,999 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 10,452 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 10,145 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 9,814 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 11,622 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2018 | 12,428 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 12,212 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 12,281 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 12,068 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 11,800 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 11,556 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 11,644 kg/ha | +0.8% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 11,644 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10,718 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 11,644 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,718 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +41.7% | 8,088 kg/ha | 11,459 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,919 kg/ha | 7,867 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,562 kg/ha | 9,418 kg/ha | 12,373 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,885 kg/ha | 5,547 kg/ha | 11,503 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,317 kg/ha | 6,229 kg/ha | 12,794 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,138 kg/ha | 10,404 kg/ha | 11,768 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,066 kg/ha | 9,814 kg/ha | 12,428 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,870 kg/ha | 11,556 kg/ha | 12,281 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 19 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12,426 kg/ha compare
- 20 Barbados 12,397 kg/ha compare
- 21 Guadeloupe 12,000 kg/ha compare
- 23 Burkina Faso 11,229 kg/ha compare
- 24 Solomon Islands 10,159 kg/ha compare
- 25 Brazil 9,791 kg/ha 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 — yield in Colombia?
- Yams — yield in Colombia was 11,644 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 12,794 kg/ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,547 kg/ha in 1989.
- How does Colombia rank for yams — yield?
- Colombia ranks 22nd out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. 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 Yams — 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.