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Government debt in Colombia

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Colombia's government debt is 59.90 % — #70 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

59.90%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.6 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Colombia over time

65.30 %44.30 %23.30 %65.30 % · 202023.30 % · 19961996: 23.30 %1997: 25.30 %1998: 27.50 %1999: 34.00 %2000: 38.00 %2001: 41.10 %2002: 47.50 %2003: 45.00 %2004: 41.50 %2005: 38.50 %2006: 36.00 %2007: 32.70 %2008: 32.40 %2009: 35.40 %2010: 36.50 %2011: 35.80 %2012: 34.00 %2013: 37.60 %2014: 43.30 %2015: 50.40 %2016: 49.90 %2017: 49.40 %2018: 51.80 %2019: 51.00 %2020: 65.30 %2021: 64.40 %2022: 61.30 %2023: 55.40 %2024: 61.00 %2025: 59.90 %19962010202559.90 %
30 official observations, 1996 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#70 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
44 %
55 of 125 countries
Latest move
▼ 1.10 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
5.40 pp
peak 65.30 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 36.60 pp
since 1996

In Americas: #12 of 26vs median 54.70 %: +5.20 pp (worse)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Colombia: ahead of 44 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtColombia 59.90 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Colombia is ahead of 44 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Colombia
68 Philippines59.10 %−0.80 pp
69 Poland59.70 %−0.20 pp
70 Colombia59.90 %—
71 Costa Rica60.40 %+0.50 pp
72 Romania60.40 %+0.50 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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