Environment in Colombia

2,807 indicators covering environment for Colombia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre 0.6972 t per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% 63rd
Phosphate rock — Import value 7,226 1000 USD 2024 up 1,598.3% 34th
Agriculture, forestry, fishing (central government expenditure) 1.37 % 2024 down 27.5% 93rd
Phosphate rock — Import quantity 28,694 t 2024 up 1,361.2% 38th
Other nitrogenous fertilizers, n.e.c. — Export quantity 53,269 t 2024 down 35.5% 16th
Other nitrogenous fertilizers, n.e.c. — Export value 18,731 1000 USD 2024 down 40.6% 20th
Prefabricated buildings of wood (export/import) — Import value 26 1000 USD 2024 down 97.7% 162nd
Other vegetal material and residues — Energy production 467.21 TJ 2017 down 96.4% 76th
Forest rents 0.1% 2021 down 34.5% 117th
Water withdrawals per capita 474.71 cubic meters per person 2023 up 17.4% 63rd
Superphosphates above 35% — Import quantity 520.79 t 2024 down 88.4% 65th
Superphosphates above 35% — Import value 292.47 1000 USD 2024 down 85.1% 62nd
Packaging paper and paperboard — Production 777,320 t 2024 up 37.3% 39th
Water productivity, total (constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of) 14.62 2022 down 0.2% 113th
Exported deforestation 35,706 hectares 2023 up 136.1% 8th
Imported deforestation 7,252 hectares 2023 down 65.4% 38th
Deforestation embedded in trade -28,454 hectares 2023 down 587.0% 172nd
Consumption-based deforestation per person 22.92 square meters 2023 down 1.0% 9th
Dissolving wood pulp — Production 0 t 2024 29th
Other vegetal material and residues — Energy consumption 464.89 TJ 2017 down 96.2% 74th
Percent of arable land equipped for irrigation (percent) (3-year) 1 % 2021 unchanged 82nd
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 0.088 Percentage of GDP 2021 down 34.5% 99th
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 614.4 Square kilometres 2024 up 94.4% 57th
Industrial water withdrawal 392.23 million cubic meters 2023 down 15.9% 73rd
Watermelons — Gross Production Value 95,216 1000 USD 2024 up 63.3% 29th
Insecticides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 155,806 1000 USD 2024 up 62.4% 14th
Insecticides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 14,446 t 2024 up 78.6% 18th
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity 262 t 2016 up 162.0% 52nd
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import value 218 1000 USD 2016 up 772.0% 49th
Herbicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 46,596 t 2024 up 150.6% 12th
Herbicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 197,411 1000 USD 2024 up 102.8% 18th
Disinfectants, etc (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 34,486 t 2024 up 392.2% 12th
Disinfectants, etc (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 69,288 1000 USD 2024 up 132.6% 22nd
Fungicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 19,039 t 2024 up 146.3% 16th
Fungicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 145,154 1000 USD 2024 up 86.3% 18th
Environment-related technologies patents — Patent applications 5.83 Patents 2023 down 61.9% 53rd
Prefabricated buildings of wood (export/import) — Export value 182 1000 USD 2024 up 1,554.5% 75th
15.2.1 Forest area under an independently verified forest management 207.04 1000 ha 2024 up 50.4% 53rd
Watermelons — Gross Production Value 147.98 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 9.9% 6th
Total official financial flows for water supply and sanitation, by recipient 20.38 million millions of constant united states dollars 2024 up 38.3% 76th
Case materials — Production 628,546 t 2024 up 47.0% 35th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import quantity 100 t 2016 down 94.9% 74th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import value 197 1000 USD 2016 down 82.0% 72nd
Hazardous pesticides — Import quantity 447.54 t 2024 down 82.3% 25th
Hazardous pesticides — Import value 3,298 1000 USD 2024 down 73.1% 16th
Pulpwood, round and split (production) — Production 369,000 m3 2024 down 55.4% 62nd
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 48,243 Hectares 2020 up 13.5% 20th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 4,878 Hectares 2020 up 176.7% 44th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 8,739 Hectares 2020 up 160.6% 32nd
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 59,142 Hectares 2020 down 2.7% 13th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 110,950 Hectares 2020 unchanged 25th
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Export quantity 963 t 2024 up 65.7% 36th
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Export value 559 1000 USD 2024 up 99.6% 35th
Land use hidden — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 293.23 Square kilometres 2023 down 7.2% 66th
Urea — Export quantity 2,150 t 2024 up 131.7% 68th
Urea — Export value 1,122 1000 USD 2024 up 140.7% 71st
Environment-related technologies patents — Patent grants 0 Patents 2022 down 100.0% 59th
Wood residues — Production 241,864 m3 2024 down 33.0% 49th
Buffalo — Stocks 563,372 An 2023 up 330.1% 15th
Buffalo — Amount excreted in manure 25.00 million kg 2023 up 330.1% 15th