OECD Economic Surveys: Colombia 2024
Basic Statistics of Colombia, 2023
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LAND, PEOPLE AND ELECTORAL CYCLE |
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Population (million, 2022) |
51.9 |
Population density per km² (2022) |
46.8 |
(39.0) |
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Under 15 (%, 2022) |
21.3 |
(17.2) |
Life expectancy at birth (years, 2021) |
72.8 |
(78.7) |
Over 65 (%, 2022) |
9.0 |
(18.0) |
Men (2021) |
69.4 |
(75.9) |
International migrant stock (% of population, 2019) |
2.3 |
(13.2) |
Women (2021) |
76.4 |
(81.7) |
Latest 5-year average growth (%) |
1.4 |
(0.4) |
Latest general election |
May-2022 |
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ECONOMY |
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Gross domestic product (GDP) |
Value added shares (%, 2022) |
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In current prices (billion USD) |
365.1 |
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
9.2 |
(2.8) |
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In current prices (trillion COP) |
1.572 |
Industry including construction |
29.8 |
(28.3) |
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Latest 5-year average real growth (%) |
2.9 |
(1.6) |
Services |
61.0 |
(68.8) |
Per capita (thousand USD PPP, 2022) |
21.1 |
(60.2) |
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT (Per cent of GDP) |
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Expenditure (2022, OECD: 2022) |
34.1 |
(41.6) |
Gross financial debt (2019, OECD: 2022) |
80.1 |
(113.4) |
Revenue (2022, OECD: 2022) |
27.2 |
(39.8) |
Net financial debt (2019, OECD: 2022) |
36.6 |
(67.6) |
EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS |
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Exchange rate (COP per USD) |
4307.27 |
Main exports (% of total merchandise exports, 2021) |
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PPP exchange rate (USA = 1, 2022) |
1345.66 |
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials |
45.8 |
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In per cent of GDP |
Food and live animals |
16.5 |
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Exports of goods and services |
17.8 |
(31.3) |
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. |
9.0 |
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Imports of goods and services |
22.7 |
(31.5) |
Main imports (% of total merchandise imports, 2021) |
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Current account balance |
-2.7 |
(-0.2) |
Machinery and transport equipment |
31.0 |
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Net international investment position (2022) |
-51.3 |
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. |
23.5 |
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Manufactured goods |
15.7 |
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LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION |
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Employment rate (aged 15 and over, %, OECD: 2022) |
53.5 |
(57.5) |
Unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (aged 15 and over, %, OECD: 2022) |
10.2 |
(5.0) |
Men (OECD: 2022) |
70.4 |
(65.4) |
Youth (aged 15-24, %, OECD: 2022) |
20.2 |
(10.9) |
Women (OECD: 2022) |
45.9 |
(50.1) |
Long-term unemployed (1 year and over, %, 2022) |
1.5 |
(1.2) |
Participation rate (aged 15 and over, %, 2022) |
63.6 |
(60.9) |
Tertiary educational attainment (aged 25-64, %, 2022) |
28.3 |
(40.7) |
Average hours worked per year (2022) |
2,405 |
(1,735) |
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP, 2020) |
0.3 |
(2.9) |
ENVIRONMENT |
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Total primary energy supply per capita (toe, 2022) |
0.8 |
(3.8) |
CO₂ emissions from fuel combustion per capita (tonnes, 2022) |
1.5 |
(7.8) |
Renewables (%, 2022) |
24.8 |
(12.0) |
Water abstractions per capita (1 000 m³, 2020) |
2.0 |
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Exposure to air pollution (more than 10 μg/m³ of PM 2.5, % of population, 2019) |
99.3 |
(61.7) |
Municipal waste per capita (tonnes, 2018, OECD 2020) |
0.2 |
(0.5) |
SOCIETY |
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Income inequality (Gini coefficient, 2021, OECD: latest available) |
0.515 |
(0.316) |
Education outcomes (PISA 2022 score) |
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Poverty gap at USD 6.85 a day (2017 PPP, %, 2021) |
16.2 |
(0.0) |
Reading |
409 |
(476) |
Mathematics |
383 |
(472) |
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Public and private spending (% of GDP) |
Science |
411 |
(485) |
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Health care (2022) |
8.1 |
(9.2) |
Share of women in parliament (%, 2022) |
28.9 |
(32.5) |
Pensions (2021, OECD: 2019) |
6.2 |
(9.5) |
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Education (% of GNI, 2021) |
4.3 |
(4.4) |
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¹ The year is indicated in parenthesis if it deviates from the year in the main title of this table. Where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database, a simple OECD average of latest available data is calculated where data exist for at least 80% of member countries.
Source: Calculations based on data extracted from databases of the following organisations: OECD, International Energy Agency, International Labour Organisation, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, World Bank.