FAOSTAT · 2024
Agricultural production in Colombia
According to FAOSTAT, Colombia produced 4.3 million t of cereals, 2.6 million t of vegetables, 12.0 million t of fruit (15th in the world), 3.2 million t of meat and 7.9 million t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were sugar cane (31.9 million t), oil palm fruit (7.8 million t) and rice (2.8 million t).
- Products recorded
- 122
- World #1
- 1
- products
- World top 10
- 14
- products
- Year
- 2024
Colombia ranks second or third in the world for avocados and green coffee.
Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in avocados (+339%), followed by rice (+52%).
Livestock numbers: 30.3 million cattle, 10.7 million pigs, 1.7 million sheep and 1.1 million goats.
Totals by group
| Group | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All sugar crops | 31,887,701 | 12 | 1.43% | −17% |
| All fruit | 11,972,371 | 15 | 1.26% | +28% |
| All milk | 7,943,000 | 24 | 0.81% | +16% |
| All cereals | 4,342,473 | 63 | 0.14% | +17% |
| All roots and tubers | 4,145,576 | 38 | 0.44% | −13% |
| All meat | 3,160,734 | 24 | 0.85% | +28% |
| All vegetables | 2,624,445 | 45 | 0.22% | +38% |
| All citrus fruit | 1,671,792 | 19 | 1.01% | +50% |
| All eggs | 991,094 | 15 | 0.99% | +43% |
| All pulses | 145,349 | 64 | 0.15% | −30% |
| All tree nuts | 58,474 | 38 | 0.32% | +677% |
All products by volume, 2024
| Product | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar cane | 31,856,922 | 8 | 1.64% | −17% |
| Cow milk | 7,943,000 | 22 | 1% | +16% |
| Oil palm fruit | 7,824,756 | 5 | 1.87% | +41% |
| Rice (paddy) | 2,823,000 | 25 | 0.34% | +52% |
| Beer | 2,740,000 | 13 | 1.48% | +36% |
| Plantains | 2,658,563 | 6 | 5.96% | −23% |
| Bananas | 2,638,064 | 13 | 1.89% | +49% |
| Potatoes | 2,492,099 | 28 | 0.64% | +16% |
| Raw sugar | 1,957,103 | 19 | 1.04% | −8.0% |
| Palm oil | 1,841,880 | 4 | 2.31% | +77% |
| Chicken meat | 1,821,768 | 19 | 1.42% | +34% |
| Maize | 1,489,582 | 54 | 0.12% | −17% |
| Avocados | 1,267,757 | 2 | 11.29% | +339% |
| Cassava | 1,115,405 | 36 | 0.33% | −49% |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | 1,020,619 | 11 | 2.6% | +49% |
| Hen eggs | 991,094 | 13 | 1.06% | +43% |
| Pineapples | 910,265 | 10 | 3.1% | +39% |
| Tomatoes | 909,575 | 26 | 0.48% | +50% |
| Coffee, green | 839,847 | 3 | 7.44% | +15% |
| Oranges | 747,333 | 17 | 1.11% | +220% |
| Beef (cattle meat) | 731,625 | 18 | 1.05% | −13% |
| Onions, dry | 724,433 | 30 | 0.67% | +55% |
| Lemons and limes | 592,297 | 10 | 2.55% | +315% |
| Pork (pig meat) | 587,816 | 24 | 0.47% | +123% |
| Other tropical fruits, n.e.c. | 582,111 | 10 | 2.43% | +1.3% |
| Skim milk of cows | 537,166 | 45 | 0.38% | +1.2% |
| Mangoes and guavas | 533,378 | 18 | 0.86% | +95% |
| Yams | 408,944 | 8 | 0.44% | +33% |
| Tangerines and mandarins | 332,162 | 18 | 0.64% | +151% |
| Palm kernels | 312,806 | 5 | 1.63% | +38% |
| Carrots and turnips | 280,444 | 29 | 0.62% | +26% |
| Soybeans | 235,454 | 28 | 0.06% | +161% |
| Watermelons | 209,817 | 37 | 0.2% | +9.9% |
| Molasses | 173,680 | 38 | 0.24% | −30% |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 168,625 | 63 | 0.06% | −33% |
| Papayas | 166,531 | 11 | 1.14% | +7.2% |
| Pumpkins and squash | 156,278 | 34 | 0.45% | +82% |
| Other starchy roots and tubers | 129,129 | 11 | 1.32% | −3.8% |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | 125,421 | 13 | 1.29% | −13% |
| Lettuce and chicory | 120,717 | 17 | 0.43% | +55% |
| Coconuts, in shell | 119,067 | 25 | 0.18% | −8.2% |
| Oil of palm kernel | 118,672 | 5 | 1.42% | +39% |
| Soya bean oil | 117,500 | 31 | 0.2% | +17% |
| Strawberries | 110,402 | 15 | 1.03% | +146% |
| Chillies and peppers, green | 101,938 | 39 | 0.23% | +294% |
| Beans, dry | 96,989 | 39 | 0.32% | −35% |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | 88,094 | 15 | 1.01% | −13% |
| Melons | 74,494 | 31 | 0.26% | +4.0% |
| Cocoa beans | 67,678 | 10 | 1.29% | +42% |
| Cheese from whole cow milk | 66,506 | 38 | 0.29% | +7.9% |
| Margarine and shortening | 62,577 | 29 | 0.48% | −49% |
| Cashew nuts, in shell | 56,972 | 16 | 1.34% | +775% |
| Whole milk powder | 46,895 | 16 | 0.93% | +14% |
| Cabbages | 37,877 | 78 | 0.05% | −44% |
| Peas, dry | 37,422 | 30 | 0.26% | −29% |
| Fat of pigs | 35,746 | 16 | 0.31% | +123% |
| Grapes | 34,520 | 61 | 0.05% | +41% |
| Pears | 33,754 | 36 | 0.12% | +72% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, green | 33,110 | 16 | 2.26% | +2.4% |
| Cucumbers | 32,283 | 69 | 0.04% | +26% |
| Seed cotton | 31,346 | 42 | 0.04% | −63% |
| Sugar beet | 30,779 | 42 | 0.01% | +2.0% |
| Peaches and nectarines | 25,551 | 44 | 0.09% | −12% |
| Butter of cow milk | 23,419 | 40 | 0.39% | +7.9% |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | 22,242 | 21 | 0.27% | +123% |
| Cauliflower and broccoli | 22,134 | 41 | 0.08% | +111% |
| Whole milk, evaporated | 21,578 | 23 | 0.75% | +14% |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | 20,904 | 18 | 0.61% | −13% |
| Plums | 19,051 | 41 | 0.15% | +26% |
| Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. | 18,481 | 12 | 0.56% | +1.5% |
| Cotton seed | 15,361 | 46 | 0.04% | −57% |
| Natural rubber | 15,300 | 24 | 0.1% | +38% |
| Agave fibres, raw, n.e.c. | 14,868 | 1 | 37.08% | −6.7% |
| Eggplants | 14,518 | 54 | 0.03% | +415% |
| Oil of maize | 14,461 | 24 | 0.47% | +63% |
| Apples | 13,780 | 75 | 0.01% | +513% |
| Green garlic | 12,896 | 48 | 0.04% | +43% |
| Buffalo meat | 12,053 | 14 | 0.17% | +280% |
| Cotton lint | 11,920 | 44 | 0.05% | −51% |
| Tallow | 11,319 | 32 | 0.14% | −17% |
| Barley | 10,488 | 83 | 0.01% | −24% |
| Spinach | 9,215 | 30 | 0.03% | +12% |
| Sorghum | 9,070 | 73 | 0.01% | −53% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, dry | 8,744 | 37 | 0.14% | +83% |
| Pig fat, rendered | 7,339 | 40 | 0.12% | +84% |
| Honey | 6,328 | 36 | 0.32% | +114% |
| Cereals n.e.c. | 5,697 | 38 | 0.07% | +108% |
| Wheat | 4,636 | 104 | 0% | −29% |
| Wool, greasy | 4,566 | 39 | 0.27% | +9.9% |
| Whole milk, condensed | 3,410 | 31 | 0.17% | +7.9% |
| Horse meat, fresh or chilled | 3,344 | 20 | 0.45% | +38% |
| Tobacco, unmanufactured | 3,305 | 57 | 0.05% | −88% |
| Sesame seed | 3,253 | 51 | 0.05% | −14% |
| Rabbit meat | 3,186 | 13 | 0.38% | +0.6% |
| Buttermilk, dry | 3,115 | 37 | 0.48% | — |
| Wine | 2,272 | 60 | 0.01% | −81% |
| Raw hides and skins of buffaloes | 2,033 | 15 | 0.14% | +279% |
| Edible offal of buffalo, fresh, chilled or frozen | 2,009 | 13 | 0.16% | +280% |
| Figs | 1,893 | 31 | 0.14% | −19% |
| Groundnuts (peanuts) | 1,760 | 85 | 0% | +0.2% |
| Other nuts | 1,501 | 49 | 0.14% | +48% |
| Lentils, dry | 1,286 | 28 | 0.02% | +2.1% |
| Oil of sesame seed | 1,198 | 40 | 0.1% | +19,867% |
| Cream, fresh | 1,137 | 58 | 0.03% | +20% |
| Pigeon peas, dry | 903 | 17 | 0.02% | +180% |
| Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen | 551 | 17 | 0.58% | +37% |
| Sheep meat | 533 | 135 | 0% | −1.1% |
| Buffalo fat, unrendered | 436 | 13 | 0.1% | +279% |
| Goat meat | 408 | 114 | 0.01% | +2.0% |
| Asparagus | 402 | 32 | 0% | +483% |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | 230 | 75 | 0% | — |
| Tea leaves | 226 | 43 | 0% | +57% |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | 97 | 110 | 0% | −1.0% |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | 94 | 114 | 0% | −1.1% |
| Tea, packed | 84 | 98 | 0% | — |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | 65 | 105 | 0% | +1.6% |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 63 | 105 | 0% | +1.6% |
| Dates | 29 | 36 | 0% | +38% |
| Coconut oil | 20 | 59 | 0% | −78% |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | 15 | 115 | 0% | 0.0% |
| Goat fat, unrendered | 11 | 105 | 0% | +10% |
| Chick peas, dry | 5 | 46 | 0% | −93% |
Live animals, 2024
| Product | Head | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chickens | 216,109,000 | 22 | 0.78% | +54% |
| Cattle | 30,344,182 | 13 | 1.92% | +34% |
| Pigs | 10,668,276 | 14 | 1.11% | +81% |
| Sheep | 1,689,875 | 72 | 0.12% | +133% |
| Goats | 1,112,002 | 78 | 0.09% | +7.1% |
| Horses | 964,426 | 11 | 1.72% | +18% |
| Rabbits and hares | 543,000 | 16 | 0.26% | +0.6% |
| Buffalo | 538,574 | 16 | 0.25% | +147% |
| Mules and hinnies | 170,116 | 9 | 2.2% | +2.3% |
| Bees | 110,515 | 58 | 0.11% | −7.9% |
| Asses | 60,071 | 38 | 0.11% | −24% |
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.