Economic Trivia

Colombia has the largest coal reserves in Latin America.

Trade Source: United Nations Comtrade
Note: Top 3 trade partners are calculated by imports + exports.

Top 3 Trade Partners (2021): United States, China, and Brazil
Top 3 Exported Goods (2021): Oil & Mineral Fuels, Precious Stones & Metals, and Coffee & Spices

Top Industries Source: CIA World Factbook

Textiles; Food Processing; Oil; Clothing and Footwear

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) [1]

GDP, PPP (current international) $1,052,389,088,149 (2022)
GDP Growth Rate (annual %) 7.496% (2022)
GDP Per Capita, PPP (current international) $20,287 (2022)
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GDP Country Rank 31/197 (2022)

GDP Composition %

Note: GDP composition percentage may exceed 100. Manufacturing is included in the Industry figures and is also reported separately because it plays a critical role in many economies.

Economic Indicators [1]

Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) 10.177% (2022)
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) $171,993,026,852 (2021)
Total tax rate (% of commercial profits) 71.2% (2019)
Real Interest Rate (5 year average %) 1.418% (2022)
Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) 11.511% (2022)
Current Account Balance (BoP, current US$) ($21,446,005,173) (2022)
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Labor and Employment [1]

Labor Force, Total 25,830,076 (2022)
Employment in Agriculture (% of total employment) 15.928% (2021)
Employment in Industry (% of total employment) 20.147% (2021)
Employment in Services (% of total employment) 63.925% (2021)
Unemployment Rate 10.726% (2022)
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Trade [1]

Imports of goods and services (current US$) $96,798,433,265 (2022)
Exports of goods and services (current US$) $70,446,932,917 (2022)
Total Merchandise Trade (% of GDP) 39.08% (2022)
FDI, net inflows (BoP, current US$) $16,868,746,438 (2022)
Commercial Service Exports (current US$) $12,510,894,357 (2022)
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Economic Snapshot [1]

Note: Percentile ranks are calculated using the latest available data for all countries within the last 5 years.

How to interpret the graph: The purpose of this graph is to take a snapshot of a country’s economy in comparison to other economies. For example, Colombia’s Exports rank is higher than (please wait...) of the countries in the dataset. For Exports, FDI and GDP measures, a higher rank (closer to 100%) indicates a stronger economy. Conversely, for Unemployment and Inflation, a lower rank (closer to 0%) indicates a stronger economy.

Due to unavailable data the following indicators have been omitted:
  • Exports
  • FDI, net inflows
  • GDP Growth Rate
  • GDP Per Capita
  • Inflation
  • Unemployment

Sources

  1. The World Bank