In 2018, the price of one kilogram of coca leaves in Colombia amounted to 0.76 U.S. dollars, an increase of around seven percent in comparison to the previous year. That same year, the price for cocaine in the country added up to over one thousand dollars per kilogram.
Price of coca leaves in Colombia from 2016 to 2018
(in U.S. dollars per kilogram)
The exchange rates used were: 3,052 Colombian pesos per U.S. dollar in 2016, 2,951 Colombian pesos per U.S. dollar in 2017, and 2,956 Colombian pesos per U.S. dollar in 2018.
Various sources refers to different sections of the Colombian government which contributed to the study, including the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of National Defense, the national police, the Colombian drugs observatory, amongst others.
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UNODC. (August 31, 2019). Price of coca leaves in Colombia from 2016 to 2018 (in U.S. dollars per kilogram) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041261/colombia-coca-leaves-price/
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