Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Colombia

Arable land in Colombia in 2023 — 2,549,300 ha. Ranked 73 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 27.8%.

2023 2.55M ha +3.94% vs 2022
World rank 73of 206
Period maximum 3.82M ha1987
Period minimum 1.47M ha2013

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Colombia, 1961–20231M2M3M4M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 3,532,000 ha1963: 3,550,000 ha1965: 3,560,000 ha1967: 3,570,000 ha1969: 3,572,000 ha1971: 3,573,000 ha1973: 3,604,000 ha1975: 3,635,000 ha1977: 3,666,000 ha1979: 3,697,000 ha1981: 3,728,000 ha1983: 3,759,000 ha1985: 3,790,000 ha1987: 3,824,000 ha1989: 3,472,000 ha1991: 3,038,000 ha1993: 2,923,000 ha1995: 2,399,000 ha1997: 2,539,000 ha1999: 2,536,000 ha2001: 2,511,601 ha2003: 2,096,231 ha2005: 1,832,657 ha2007: 1,742,330 ha2009: 1,617,050 ha2011: 1,607,323 ha2013: 1,470,337 ha2015: 1,560,179 ha2017: 1,780,868 ha2019: 2,315,916 ha2021: 2,396,733 ha2023: 2,549,300 ha
Change over the period: −982,700 (−27.82%) Average annual rate: -0.52 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Colombia

Colombia 2.55M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Latin America & Caribbean computed 151M ha
South America computed 120M ha
Arable land — Colombia, by year Colombia All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 2.55M +96,600 +3.94%
2022 2.45M +55,967 +2.34%
2021 2.4M +52,300 +2.23%
2020 2.34M +28,518 +1.23%
2019 2.32M +80,033 +3.58%
2018 2.24M +455,015 +25.55%
2017 1.78M +99,222 +5.9%
2016 1.68M +121,467 +7.79%
2015 1.56M +15,120 +0.98%
2014 1.55M +74,722 +5.08%
2013 1.47M −121,981 −7.66%
2012 1.59M −15,005 −0.93%
2011 1.61M +68,278 +4.44%
2010 1.54M −78,005 −4.82%
2009 1.62M −74,818 −4.42%
2008 1.69M −50,462 −2.9%
2007 1.74M +163,047 +10.32%
2006 1.58M −253,374 −13.83%
2005 1.83M −160,681 −8.06%
2004 1.99M −102,893 −4.91%
2003 2.1M +5,116 +0.24%
2002 2.09M −420,486 −16.74%
2001 2.51M −306,399 −10.87%
2000 2.82M +282,000 +11.12%
1999 2.54M −68,000 −2.61%
1998 2.6M +65,000 +2.56%
1997 2.54M +106,000 +4.36%
1996 2.43M +34,000 +1.42%
1995 2.4M −433,000 −15.29%
1994 2.83M −91,000 −3.11%
1993 2.92M −147,000 −4.79%
1992 3.07M +32,000 +1.05%
1991 3.04M −267,000 −8.08%
1990 3.31M −167,000 −4.81%
1989 3.47M −167,000 −4.59%
1988 3.64M −185,000 −4.84%
1987 3.82M +19,000 +0.5%
1986 3.81M +15,000 +0.4%
1985 3.79M +16,000 +0.42%
1984 3.77M +15,000 +0.4%
1983 3.76M +16,000 +0.43%
1982 3.74M +15,000 +0.4%
1981 3.73M +16,000 +0.43%
1980 3.71M +15,000 +0.41%
1979 3.7M +16,000 +0.43%
1978 3.68M +15,000 +0.41%
1977 3.67M +16,000 +0.44%
1976 3.65M +15,000 +0.41%
1975 3.64M +16,000 +0.44%
1974 3.62M +15,000 +0.42%
1973 3.6M +16,000 +0.45%
1972 3.59M +15,000 +0.42%
1971 3.57M +1,000 +0.03%
1970 3.57M +0 +0%
1969 3.57M +2,000 +0.06%
1968 3.57M +0 +0%
1967 3.57M +0 +0%
1966 3.57M +10,000 +0.28%
1965 3.56M +10,000 +0.28%
1964 3.55M +0 +0%
1963 3.55M +18,000 +0.51%
1962 3.53M +0 +0%
1961 3.53M

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.