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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	293 492	270 348	363 540^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3	-7.2	0.8^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	6 249.0	5 340.0	6 948.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	6.6	8.2	9.7^b
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	31.5	25.7	27.2^b
Economy: Services and other activity^g,i (% of GVA)	61.9	66	63.1^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	16.3	16.7	14.4^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	19.5	19.9	20^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	64.2	63.4	65.6^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	8.6	16	9.4^j
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	55.3 / 79.3	51.1 / 76.3	51.6 / 75.9^j
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k (2010=100)	118	144	196^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	101	109	113^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	35 691	31 056	49 826^j,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	54 036	43 487	64 120^j,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 18 345	- 12 432	- 14 294^j,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 18 702	- 9 267	- 7 412^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
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	80.8 / 75.4^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	24.5 / 10.8	21.7 / 12.8	20.0 / 15.1^a
International migrant stockⁿ (000/% of total pop.)	145.5 / 0.3	1 932.8 / 3.8	3 063.5 / 5.8^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	6 520.6	9 822.2	9 835.7^o,e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	15.6	13.2	11.3^a
Health: Current expenditure^p,q (% of GDP)	7.5	8.7	7.7^b
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2	2.4	2.5^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	113.9 / 117.1	105.2 / 108.9	103.4 / 106.2^r
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	108.6 / 104.9	110.2 / 108.8	107.5 / 107.2^r
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	86.9 / 73.5	90.7 / 81.1	95.8 / 84.7^r
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	27.2	22.6	24.9^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	19.9	18.3^s	29.4^s

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^t (per 100 inhabitants)	55.9	69.8	77.3^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.4	0.3^j	...
Threatened species (number)	751	1 025	1 853^e
Forested area (% of land area)	54.2	53.3	52.9^r
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	86.3 / 1.8	87.7 / 1.7	83.1 / 1.6^r
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	5 400	4 210	4 396^r
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	35	34	33^r
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^u,v,w (000)	3 099	1 252	4 519^r
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	52	63.5	63.5^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	81.2 / 38.3	81.1 / 39.6	81.2 / 40.2^r
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	16.0 / ...	16.6 / ...	16.8 / ...^r
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.47	0.7	0.28^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		Refers to the nuclei of Santa Fe de Bogotá, Soacha, Chia and Funza.
d		2019
e		2024
f		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
i		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. 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		Including refugees.
o		The number of persons recognized as victims of displacement (more than 8.7 million) includes those who are subject to attention and/or reparation as established in Colombian Law 1448 (7 million). This figure of 7 million does not include deceased, direct victims of forced disappearance and homicide, and other victims.
p		Data are based on SHA2011.
q		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
r		2022
s		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
t		Population aged 5 years and over.
u		The nationals residing abroad are calculated with the country of residence reported at the exit.
v		Including nationals residing abroad.
w		Arrivals of non-resident travellers by immigration checkpoints.