Latin America & Caribbean · Upper middle income
Colombia: the economy in numbers
Per person: $8,562, or $22,640 at purchasing power parity. Population: 53.4 million (2025).
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #36 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +2.2%.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $43.9 billion in 1960, $457 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $2,814 per person in 1960, $8,562 in 2025.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 2.4% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1961: 2 of 65.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose 3.55 times from 2000 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 33.8% in 1977.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 1996: 65.3% of GDP in 2020. IMF forecast for 2031: 65.3%.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Stock market capitalization, % of GDP
In 2025 listed domestic companies were worth $133 billion, or 29.0% of GDP.
Population
1960: 15.6 million · 2025: 53.4 million.
Unemployment rate
1991: 10.1% · 2025: 8.3%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 56.6 years · 2024: 77.9 years.
Exports of goods and services
1960: 15.7% · 2025: 15.0%.
Data by year
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| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Unemployment | Stock market, % GDP | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 2.9%f | 3.0%f | 65.3%f | ||||||||
| 2030 | 2.8%f | 3.0%f | 65.7%f | ||||||||
| 2029 | 2.6%f | 3.3%f | 65.9%f | ||||||||
| 2028 | 2.4%f | 3.9%f | 65.1%f | ||||||||
| 2027 | 2.3%f | 5.7%f | 62.9%f | ||||||||
| 2026 | 2.2%f | 6.0%f | 59.5%f | ||||||||
| 2025 | $457B | $8,562 | $22,640 | 2.6% | 5.1% | 59.9% | 53.4M | 8.3% | 29.0% | 15.0% | |
| 2024 | $421B | $7,951 | $22,439 | 1.5% | 6.6% | 61.0% | 52.9M | 9.6% | 17.3% | 77.9 | 16.1% |
| 2023 | $367B | $7,012 | $21,282 | 0.8% | 11.7% | 55.4% | 52.3M | 9.6% | 21.6% | 77.7 | 17.8% |
| 2022 | $346B | $6,680 | $20,854 | 7.3% | 10.2% | 61.3% | 51.7M | 10.5% | 19.8% | 76.5 | 20.4% |
| 2021 | $319B | $6,223 | $17,383 | 10.8% | 3.5% | 64.4% | 51.2M | 13.9% | 28.4% | 72.7 | 16.2% |
| 2020 | $270B | $5,340 | $15,519 | −7.2% | 2.5% | 65.3% | 50.6M | 16.0% | 39.3% | 74.8 | 13.5% |
| 2019 | $323B | $6,473 | $16,182 | 3.2% | 3.5% | 51.0% | 49.9M | 10.3% | 40.9% | 76.8 | 15.9% |
| 2018 | $334B | $6,817 | $15,239 | 2.6% | 3.2% | 51.8% | 49M | 9.4% | 31.1% | 76.6 | 15.9% |
| 2017 | $312B | $6,480 | $14,401 | 1.4% | 4.3% | 49.4% | 48.1M | 9.1% | 39.0% | 76.4 | 15.1% |
| 2016 | $283B | $5,960 | $14,027 | 2.1% | 7.5% | 49.9% | 47.4M | 8.9% | 36.7% | 76.2 | 14.7% |
| 2015 | $293B | $6,249 | $13,332 | 3.0% | 5.0% | 50.4% | 47M | 8.6% | 29.3% | 76.1 | 15.7% |
| 2014 | $381B | $8,187 | $13,355 | 4.5% | 2.9% | 43.3% | 46.6M | 8.8% | 38.5% | 76.0 | 16.6% |
| 2013 | $382B | $8,279 | $12,780 | 5.1% | 2.0% | 37.6% | 46.2M | 9.2% | 53.0% | 75.8 | 18.1% |
| 2012 | $371B | $8,109 | $12,093 | 3.9% | 3.2% | 34.0% | 45.7M | 10.0% | 70.7% | 75.6 | 18.8% |
| 2011 | $335B | $7,401 | $11,707 | 6.9% | 3.4% | 35.8% | 45.3M | 10.3% | 60.1% | 75.2 | 19.3% |
| 2010 | $286B | $6,398 | $10,841 | 4.5% | 2.3% | 36.5% | 44.8M | 11.2% | 72.8% | 74.9 | 16.3% |
| 2009 | $232B | $5,251 | $10,367 | 1.1% | 4.2% | 35.4% | 44.3M | 12.1% | 60.4% | 74.5 | 16.4% |
| 2008 | $243B | $5,542 | $10,307 | 3.3% | 7.0% | 32.4% | 43.8M | 11.3% | 36.2% | 74.2 | 18.1% |
| 2007 | $206B | $4,770 | $9,909 | 6.7% | 5.5% | 32.7% | 43.2M | 11.2% | 49.4% | 73.8 | 16.4% |
| 2006 | $162B | $3,790 | $9,154 | 6.7% | 4.3% | 36.0% | 42.7M | 11.1% | 34.7% | 73.5 | 17.7% |
| 2005 | $146B | $3,456 | $8,432 | 4.8% | 5.1% | 38.5% | 42.1M | 11.1% | 34.7% | 73.2 | 17.0% |
| 2004 | $117B | $2,819 | $7,909 | 5.3% | 5.9% | 41.5% | 41.5M | 13.7% | 72.8 | 16.8% | |
| 2003 | $94.6B | $2,312 | $7,420 | 3.9% | 7.1% | 45.0% | 40.9M | 13.2% | 72.3 | 16.6% | |
| 2002 | $97.9B | $2,429 | $7,109 | 2.5% | 6.4% | 47.5% | 40.3M | 14.5% | 71.5 | 14.8% | |
| 2001 | $98.2B | $2,473 | $6,935 | 1.7% | 8.0% | 41.1% | 39.7M | 15.0% | 71.2 | 15.4% | |
| 2000 | $99.9B | $2,555 | $6,776 | 2.9% | 9.2% | 38.0% | 39.1M | 20.5% | 70.9 | 15.9% | |
| 1999 | $86.2B | $2,241 | $6,544 | −4.2% | 10.9% | 34.0% | 38.5M | 20.1% | 70.9 | 18.3% | |
| 1998 | $98.4B | $2,605 | $6,854 | 0.6% | 18.7% | 27.5% | 37.8M | 15.0% | 70.9 | 15.0% | |
| 1997 | $107B | $2,873 | $6,861 | 3.4% | 18.5% | 25.3% | 37.1M | 12.1% | 70.6 | 14.8% | |
| 1996 | $97.2B | $2,665 | $6,639 | 2.1% | 20.8% | 23.3% | 36.5M | 11.8% | 70.2 | 15.2% | |
| 1995 | $92.5B | $2,584 | $6,506 | 5.2% | 20.9% | 35.8M | 8.7% | 69.8 | 14.5% | ||
| 1994 | $81.7B | $2,326 | $6,174 | 5.8% | 22.8% | 35.1M | 8.2% | 69.4 | 15.0% | ||
| 1993 | $66.4B | $1,929 | $5,826 | 5.4% | 22.4% | 34.4M | 7.8% | 69.1 | 15.2% | ||
| 1992 | $58.4B | $1,730 | $5,509 | 4.0% | 27.0% | 33.8M | 9.4% | 68.8 | 16.5% | ||
| 1991 | $49.2B | $1,486 | $5,281 | 2.0% | 30.4% | 33.1M | 10.1% | 68.8 | 19.1% | ||
| 1990 | $47.8B | $1,475 | $5,109 | 4.3% | 29.2% | 32.4M | 68.7 | 18.9% | |||
| 1989 | $39.5B | $1,244 | 3.4% | 25.9% | 31.8M | 68.6 | 18.0% | ||||
| 1988 | $39.2B | $1,260 | 4.1% | 28.1% | 31.1M | 68.3 | 16.3% | ||||
| 1987 | $36.4B | $1,193 | 5.4% | 23.3% | 30.5M | 68.2 | 16.9% | ||||
| 1986 | $34.9B | $1,169 | 5.8% | 18.8% | 29.9M | 68.3 | 18.8% | ||||
| 1985 | $34.9B | $1,192 | 3.1% | 24.1% | 29.3M | 65.4 | 13.8% | ||||
| 1984 | $38.3B | $1,336 | 3.4% | 16.2% | 28.6M | 68.3 | 11.9% | ||||
| 1983 | $38.7B | $1,384 | 1.6% | 19.6% | 28M | 68.1 | 10.5% | ||||
| 1982 | $39B | $1,425 | 0.9% | 24.7% | 27.3M | 67.9 | 10.9% | ||||
| 1981 | $36.4B | $1,362 | 2.3% | 27.5% | 26.7M | 67.2 | 11.9% | ||||
| 1980 | $33.4B | $1,280 | 4.1% | 26.6% | 26.1M | 66.7 | 16.2% | ||||
| 1979 | $27.9B | $1,095 | 5.4% | 24.1% | 25.5M | 66.2 | 15.2% | ||||
| 1978 | $23.3B | $932 | 8.5% | 17.8% | 25M | 65.8 | 16.6% | ||||
| 1977 | $19.5B | $798 | 4.2% | 33.8% | 24.4M | 65.2 | 16.9% | ||||
| 1976 | $15.3B | $643 | 4.7% | 19.8% | 23.9M | 64.6 | 17.0% | ||||
| 1975 | $13.1B | $561 | 2.3% | 23.4% | 23.3M | 64.0 | 15.8% | ||||
| 1974 | $12.4B | $542 | 5.7% | 23.9% | 22.8M | 63.5 | 14.5% | ||||
| 1973 | $10.3B | $462 | 6.7% | 22.5% | 22.3M | 63.0 | 14.9% | ||||
| 1972 | $8.67B | $397 | 7.7% | 12.4% | 21.8M | 62.5 | 13.3% | ||||
| 1971 | $7.82B | $367 | 6.0% | 11.9% | 21.3M | 62.0 | 12.0% | ||||
| 1970 | $7.2B | $346 | 6.2% | 6.9% | 20.8M | 61.5 | 13.3% | ||||
| 1969 | $6.45B | $318 | 6.1% | 7.0% | 20.3M | 61.0 | 12.5% | ||||
| 1968 | $5.96B | $302 | 5.9% | 7.4% | 19.8M | 60.6 | 11.8% | ||||
| 1967 | $5.83B | $303 | 4.1% | 8.3% | 19.2M | 60.1 | 11.2% | ||||
| 1966 | $5.43B | $290 | 5.2% | 16.7% | 18.7M | 59.7 | 10.0% | ||||
| 1965 | $5.76B | $317 | 3.6% | 7.6% | 18.2M | 59.2 | 12.1% | ||||
| 1964 | $5.97B | $339 | 6.2% | 17.1% | 17.6M | 58.8 | 12.0% | ||||
| 1963 | $4.84B | $283 | 3.3% | 26.4% | 17.1M | 58.3 | 12.0% | ||||
| 1962 | $4.96B | $299 | 5.4% | 4.7% | 16.6M | 57.7 | 12.2% | ||||
| 1961 | $4.54B | $282 | 5.1% | 8.3% | 16.1M | 57.2 | 13.0% | ||||
| 1960 | $4.03B | $258 | 5.8% | 15.6M | 56.6 | 15.7% |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast.
Nearby economies in Latin America & Caribbean
Nearest by distance between capitals, with GDP per capita.
Antigua and Barbuda · Argentina · Aruba · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Chile · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Curaçao · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · El Salvador · Grenada · Guatemala · Guyana · Haiti · Honduras · Jamaica · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Puerto Rico · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Martin (French part) · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Sint Maarten · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Turks and Caicos Islands · U.S. Virgin Islands · Uruguay · Venezuela
Rankings
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Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)