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South America > Colombia > Agriculture

COLOMBIAN AGRICULTURE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural growth 104 [89th of 149]
Agricultural land > % of land area 38.36 % of land area Time series [43rd of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km 425,570 sq. km Time series [8th of 198]
Agricultural machinery > tractors 21,000 Time series [74th of 190]
Arable and permanent cropland 4,545 thousand hectares [49th of 148]
Arable land > % of land area 1.81 % of land area Time series [72nd of 199]
Arable land > hectares 2,004,000 hectares Time series [36th of 199]
Banana production 1,570,000 metric tonnes [10th of 48]
Cereal production 104 thousand metric tons [89th of 149]
Cereal yield > kg per hectare 3,613.8 kg/ha Time series [42nd of 171]
Cotton exports 0 thousand bales [104th of 109]
Cotton production 155 [31st of 109]
Fertilizer use 144.8 kg [25th of 138]
Food production index 109.7 % Time series [62nd of 182]
Labor share 19.9% [85th of 149]
Meat production 1,325 thousand metric tons [28th of 149]
Pesticide use 16.7 kg [3rd of 45]
Products
coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice, tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseed, vegetables; forest products; shrimp
Tractors 21,000 [70th of 147]
value added > annual % growth 2.12 % Time series [81st of 164]

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SOURCES: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; Agri-Food Business Development Centre; United States Department of Agriculture; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Colombia, Republic of Colombia, Republica de Colombia, columbia

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