Country information

Colombia

Area

1.141.748 km²

Capital

Bogotá

Government

Gustavo Petro Urrego

Population

52,29 million

Contact

Ulrike Göldner

Deputy Managing Director / Regional Manager Chile, Peru, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Columbia, Cuba and Venezuela

u.goeldner@lateinamerikaverein.de

+49 (0) 40 413 43 145

Economic data

Basic data 2021 2022 2023
GDP growth in % 10,7 7,5 (P) 2,2 (P)
Export in billion US$ 51,6 ./. ./.
Import in billion US$ 76,8 ./. ./.
Key interest rate in % 2,7 12 (Dec) 12,75 (Feb)
Inflation rate in % 3,5 10 3,5 (P)
Exchange course US$ / COL Peso 3743,59 COL$ 4257.67 COL$ 4778.45 COL$ (Feb)
HDI (Human Development Index) 0,752    

Foreign Trade

Import products: Machinery (Electrical), Vehicles, Minerals
Import partner: USA, China

Export products: Crude Petroleum, Coal Briquettes
Export partner: USA, China

Notes

P = Prediction
Update: 09.02.2023
Sources: UNDP, Worldbank, Banco Central de la República de Colombia, IWF, Exchange Rates UK, CEPAL, OEC, The Global Economy