Colombia

Official Name:	The Republic of Colombia
Sovereign Status:	Sovereign Country
Government Type:	Presidential Republic
Official Name (Local Language):	República de Colombia
ISO Country Codes:	CO : COL
Internet Domain:	.co
Government Web Site:	https://www.gov.co/

map zoom

UN Location Codes

IATA Airports

Capital:	Bogota	Main Airports:	El Dorado International Airport, José María Córdova International Airport
Language(s):	Spanish	Population:	49,059,221
Currency:	Colombian Peso	ISO Currency Code:	COP
Telephone Dial In:	+57	ID Prefix:	005

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Country Summaries:

BBC; CIA Factbook; Commisceo Global; Country Code; Infoplease; International Model United Nations Association; Law Library of Congress; NationMaster; NationsOnline; UNESCO;

Political & Cultural Organisations:

Association of Caribbean States; Central American Integration System; Community of Democracies; Comunidad Andina; Inter Parliamentary Union; Organizacion de Estados Iberoamericanos; Pacific Alliance; Secretar a General Iberoamericana; Sistema Economico Latinoamericano; UN; UNESCO; Union Latina; Union of South American Nations;

Travel Guides:

Fodor's Travel; Lonely Planet; Rough Guide

News Resources:

Newspaper

Show

Radio

Show

Caracol;

Radio Cadena Nacional (RCN Radio);

Radio Nacional de Colombia;

Radios;

Radio Uno Villavo;

Colombia

Government Website:	https://www.gov.co/
Sovereign Ratings:	https://countryeconomy.com/ratings/colombia
Central Bank:	Banco de la República de Colombia
Currency USD Exchange Rate:	3,457.93 Colombian pesos (COP) per US dollar (2020 est.)
Unemployment Rate:	8.3% (2025)
Population below poverty line:	31.8% (2020)
Inflation Rate:	6.6% (2024)

Prime Lending Rate:	16.4% (2024)
GDP:	USD 7,919 (2024)
GDP Pro Capita (PPP):	$14,600 (2021 est.)
Currency Name:	Colombian Peso
Currency Code:	COP
World Bank Classification:	Upper Middle Income Economy

GDP Composition:

Agriculture:	6.8%	coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice, tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseed, vegetables; shrimp; forest products
Industry:	34%	textiles, food processing, oil, clothing and footwear, beverages, chemicals, cement; gold, coal, emeralds
Services:	59.2%

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Financial & Economic Organisations:

Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion; FAO; IMF; International Labour Organization; The Cairns Group; Un Economic Commission for Latin America the Caribbean UNIDO; World Bank;

Financial & Economic Profiles:

Countryeconomy; Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative; FAO; IMF; Inter American Development Bank; OECD; UNDP Human Development; World Bank;

Financial Exchanges:

Stock & Securities Exchange: Bolsa de Valores de Colombia ;

National Statistics Office:

Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica;

National Dataset(s):

Focus Economics; Trading Economics;

Colombia

Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO

The World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution

Trade Statistics

Trade Summary

Trade Indicators

Business Language(s):	Spanish
Customs & Excise:	Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales
Development Bank(s):	Development Bank of Latin America;
National Standards Bureau:	Instituto Colombiano de Normas Técnicas y Certificación

Competitive Ind’l Performance: 57/141 (2019)	Corruption Perceptions Index: 91/180 (2022 Rank)
Ease of Doing Business: N/A	Enabling Trade Index: 85/136 (2016)
	Search ITC's Lega Carta