International Rankings of Colombia 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Colombia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Colombia, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	88	14.10	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	27	6.950 million	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	107	62.26 %	2018
Internet users - total	28	29.990 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	103	14.23	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	24	7.012 million	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	51	134.47	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	25	66.283 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	37	91.730 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	39	83.350 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	56	2.70 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	184	13.748 billion US Dollars	2019
Debt - external	48	135.644 billion US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	138	34	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	50	70	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	56	87	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	106	63	2020
Exports	58	61.697 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	43	323.255 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	162	14.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	86	14.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	73	68.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	16	19.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	72	22.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	53	0.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	92	7.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	60	30.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	85	62.10 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	14	50 %	2018
Gross national saving	106	16	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	19	39.60 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	39	1.20 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	52	87.072 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	95	2.20 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	52	3.50 %	2019
Labor force	29	19.309 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	76	17 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	60	21 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	72	62 %	2011
Population below poverty line	48	36 %	2019
Public debt	89	49.40 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	32	741.099 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	58	3.26 %	2019
Real GDP per capita	110	14722 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	42	47.130 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	90	26.50 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	52	10.50 %	2019
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	46	95.590 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	19	726700	2015
Crude oil - production	23	863000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	34	1.665 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	41	68.250 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	68	460.000 million kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	65	29	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	14	69	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	39	2	2017
Electricity - imports	81	378.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	50	16.890 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	41	74.920 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	49	10.080 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	74	48.140 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	42	10.020 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	48	113.900 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	41	333000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	52	56900 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	75	57170 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	42	303600 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	38	98 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	19	82 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	130	15 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	97	38	2018
Land use - arable land	145	1	2018
Land use - forest	35	54	2018
Land use - other	161	8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	69	2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	40	35	2018
Revenue from coal	8	1 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	6	2.360 trillion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	50	6.391 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	26	3.730 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	26	3.490 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	108	1.01	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	39	82	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	28	12.150 million tons	2011
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	26	2.090 million tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	44	17.20 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	30	1.039 million sq km	N/A
Area - total	28	1.139 million sq km	N/A
Area - water	10	100210 sq km	N/A
Coastline	39	3208 km	1448
Elevation - highest point	13	5730 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	59	593 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	43	10900 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	20	6672 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	97	38	2018
Land use - arable land	145	1	2018
Land use - forest	35	54	2018
Land use - other	161	8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	69	2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	40	35	2018
Total renewable water resources	6	2.360 trillion	2017
Population Density	157	48.48 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	18	3 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	88	16.38	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	73	42.04	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	92	9.93	N/A
Birth rate	94	16.51 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	5	81.00 %	1516
Current Health Expenditure	35	8 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	154	5.53 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	70	13.20 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	83	7.60 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	128	45.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	106	32.30 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	56	14 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	81	3 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	34	5 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	34	0.40	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	26	3000	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	28	180000	2020
Hospital bed density	52	1.70 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	123	9.86 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	105	15.73 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	107	12.88 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	68	80 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	87	74 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	78	77 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	70	83.00	2017
Median age - female	82	32 years	2020
Median age - male	80	30 years	N/A
Median age - total	78	31 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	58	22	2015
Net migration rate	96	0.60 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	61	22.30 %	2016
Physicians density	73	2.19 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	28	50.356 million	2021
Population growth rate	82	1.04 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	17	98 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	72	20 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	80	5 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	91	2 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	15 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	26	0.99	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	32	0.90	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	39	0.72 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	76	2.14 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	53	25	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	66	16	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	58	20	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	108	1.01	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	39	82	2021
Transportation
Airports	8	836	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	17	39	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	30	9	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	14	53	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	19	121	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	19	18	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	11	25	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	7	201	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	8	715	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	5	488	2013
Heliports	23	3	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	24	1.349 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	27	33.704 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	38	157.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	16	12	2020
Railways - total	61	2141 km	2015
Waterways	6	24725 km	1488

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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