ColombiaLatin America & Caribbean
Colombia: 36th largest economy, 25th in military spending
Population53.4M#28 of 194 in the world · 2025
GDP$457B#36 of 193 in the world · 2025
GDP per person$8.6k#90 of 193 in the world · 2025
Fossil fuel output1k TWh#24 of 186 in the world · 2024
Military spending$15.1B#25 of 167 in the world · 2024
Bars show the share of states this actor is ahead of. Rank is among states, each at its latest year.
Attacks reported
attack log →≥ 55 events in or near Colombia, last 30 days reported by the sources; the strongest are listed. No source sees every attack.
- 2026-10-30 · Armed clash · Tolima, Cesar, Colombia · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-30 · Armed clash · Roncesvalles, Tolima, Colombia · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-30 · Armed clash · Tolemaida, Cundinamarca, Colombia · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-30 · Armed clash · La Patria, Departamento del Huila, Colombia · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
53.4M people, 79% in cities
- Population53.4M2025
- Population growth1.0%2025
- Urban population78.8%2025
- Land area1.1M km²2023
A $457B economy, $8.6k per person
- GDP$457B2025
- GDP (purchasing power)$1.2T2025
- GDP per person$8.6k2025
- GDP per person (purchasing power)$22.6k2025
- GDP growth2.6%2025
Fuels are 45% of goods exports
- Exports, share of GDP15.0%2025
- Imports, share of GDP20.4%2025
- Fuels, share of goods exports45.3%2024
- Exports of goods and services$68.5B2025
- Imports of goods and services$93.2B2025
Fossil fuel output of 1k TWh, more than it uses in oil and coal
Oilmade 475 TWhused 253 TWh
Gasmade 111 TWhused 134 TWh
Coalmade 421 TWhused 62 TWh
- Fossil fuel production (oil + gas + coal)1k TWh2024
- Primary energy consumption616 TWh2024
- Energy use per person11.6 MWh2024
- Electricity generation90 TWh2025
- Electricity from fossil fuels23.0%2025
Spends $15.1B on its military, 3.4% of GDP
- Military spending$15.1B2024
- Military spending, share of GDP3.4%2024
- Armed forces personnel428k2020
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend-indicator value, 1990 US$)$19M2024
- Arms exports (SIPRI trend-indicator value, 1990 US$)$4M2020
What Colombia's leaders said lately
7 statements on record, newest first
- Representative of Colombia, Representative to the UN · 14 Octdemand
70 per cent of Port-au-Prince is in the hands of gangs
source ↗ - Omar Bula, Minister for Foreign Affairs · 12 Octpolicy announcement
genuine and lasting peace
source ↗ - Omar Bula, Minister for Foreign Affairs · 12 Octaccusation
For our peasant farmers, workers, children and security forces, peace has simply not existed.
source ↗
Where these numbers come from
- Bank for International Settlements, central bank policy rates ↗ · BIS statistics, free reuse with attribution · 2026
- World Bank World Development Indicators (military figures: SIPRI) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2020-2025
- Our World in Data energy dataset (Energy Institute, Ember, EIA) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2024-2025
- IMF World Economic Outlook (DataMapper) ↗ · IMF open data, attribution · 2026
- Wikidata (heads of state and government) ↗ · CC0
Leaders as of 2026-10-05. Figures fetched 2026-10-05; each shows its own year.