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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	293 482	270 036	343 939^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3	-7.3	7.3^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	6 228.4	5 302.0	6 630.3^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	6.6	8.2	9.2^b
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	31.5	26	29.8^b
Economy: Services and other activity^g,i (% of GVA)	61.9	65.8	61^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	16.3	16.7	14.6^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	19.5	19.9	20.3^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	64.2	63.4	65^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	8.6	16	9.2^j
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	55.3 / 79.3	51.1 / 76.3	50.9 / 75.2^j
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k (2010=100)	118	145	184^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	101	109	111^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	35 691	31 056	49 658^j,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	54 036	43 487	63 026^j,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 18 345	- 12 432	- 13 368^j,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 18 702	- 9 267	- 9 715^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	0.9	1.2	1^a
Urban population (% of total population)	79.8	81.1^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.4^l	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.8	1.7	1.6^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	79.0 / 73.2	78.2 / 71.5	80.6 / 75.2^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	24.5 / 10.8	21.7 / 12.8	20.3 / 14.6^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	159.4 / 0.3	1 905.4 / 3.7	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	6 520.6	9 822.2	9 906.3^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	15.6	13.2	11.7^a
Health: Current expenditure^n,o (% of GDP)	7.5	8.7	9^p
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2	2.4	2.5^p
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	4.5	5.2	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	113.9 / 117.1	105.2 / 108.9	103.4 / 106.2^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	108.6 / 104.9	110.2 / 108.8	107.5 / 107.2^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	86.9 / 73.5	90.7 / 81.1	95.8 / 84.7^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	27.1	22.5	25.4^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	19.9	18.3^q	28.9^q

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^r (per 100 inhabitants)	55.9	69.8	72.8^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.4	0.3^j	...
Threatened species (number)	751	1 025	1 717^e
Forested area (% of land area)	54.2	53.3	53.1^p
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	92.7 / 2.0	84.4 / 1.7	88.0 / 1.7^p
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	5 401	4 025	4 107^p
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	36	33	35^p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^s,t,u (000)	3 099	1 252	4 519^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	48.8	58.1	58.1^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	81.2 / 38.3	81.1 / 39.6	81.2 / 40.2^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	16.0 / ...	16.6 / ...	16.8 / ...^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.47	0.7	0.63^p

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		Refers to the nuclei of Santa Fe de Bogotá, Soacha, Chia and Funza.
d		2019
e		2023
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
i		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		Data are based on SHA2011.
o		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
p		2021
q		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
r		Population aged 5 years and over.
s		The nationals residing abroad are calculated with the country of residence reported at the exit.
t		Arrivals of non-resident travellers by immigration checkpoints.
u		Including nationals residing abroad.