Gender in Colombia

259 indicators covering gender for Colombia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Parenthood Score 100 2023 up 25.0% 1st
Can a Woman Travel Outside the Country in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Travel Outside Her Home in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Choose Where to Live in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Apply For a Passport in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Mobility Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Work in a Job Deemed Dangerous in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 1st
Can a Woman Work in An Industrial Job in the Same Way as a Man? 0 2023 131st
Can a Woman Work at Night in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Does the Law Mandate Equal Remuneration For Work of Equal Value? 0 2023 98th
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pay Score 50 2023 up 100.0% 122nd
Can a Woman Obtain a Judgment of Divorce in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Be Head of Household in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is There No Legal Provision That Requires a Married Woman to Obey Her 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Does a Woman Have the Same Rights to Remarry as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is There Legislation Specifically Addressing Domestic Violence? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Marriage Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st
Are Periods of Absence Due to Childcare Accounted For in Pension 0 2023 110th
Is the Mandatory Retirement Age For Men and Women the Same? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Partial Pension 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Full Pension 0 2023 128th
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pension Score 50 2023 unchanged 137th
Can a Woman Get a Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Workplace Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index 84.38 2023 up 7.1% 76th
Women Business and the Law Index 84.38 2023 up 7.1% 76th
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 156.0% 2025 down 10.9% 38th
Share of female employment by economic sector 5.9% 2025 down 4.1% 110th
Maternal Mortality Ratio, Modeled Estimate 59 2023 down 18.1% 88th
Prevalence rate of hypertension in men aged 30-79 31.1 2019 down 4.3% 165th
Prevalence rate of hypertension in women aged 30-79 30.8 2019 down 2.2% 151st
Total Fertility Rate 1.69 2022 down 12.3% 126th
Tertiary Gross Enrollment Rate 59.29 2022 up 24.9% 64th
Women have the same rights to remarry as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 14.67 years 2018 up 6.5% 72nd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 14.14 years 2018 up 6.5% 64th
Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 55.6% 2025 up 89.0% 4th
Women of reproductive age 14.16 million 2023 up 12.7% 26th
Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern 87.5% 2026 up 1.7% 15th
Share of people who don't drink alcohol, men vs women 24.5% 2020 down 2.7% 110th
Number of seats held by women in national parliaments 55 2026 up 66.7% 75th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 29.4% 2026 up 47.9% 87th
Share of women in ministerial positions 47.4% 2024 up 51.3% 12th
Share of women in parliament 29.4% 2025 up 48.0% 82nd
Preprimary Gross Enrollment Rate 85.93 2020 71st
Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 41.1% 2016 up 32.3% 33rd
Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 45.2% 2016 up 10.2% 39th
Proportion of Seats Held By Women in National Parliaments 29.41 2024 up 48.0% 72nd
Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament 0.57 ratio 2026 up 58.3% 73rd
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) 159.5% 2025 down 9.5% 35th
Share of pregnant women who have anemia 27.0% 2023 up 5.1% 103rd
Number of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) with anaemia 3,146 2023 up 43.3% 31st
Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia 22.4% 2023 up 25.8% 132nd
Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia, pregnant 27.0% 2023 up 5.1% 111th
Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia, non-pregnant 22.2% 2023 up 26.9% 132nd
Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15-49 22.4 2023 up 25.8% 123rd
Gender Development Index 0.998 2022 up 0.6% 33rd
Proportion of women in managerial positions - 13th ICLS 44.1% 2025 up 30.4% 25th
Literacy rate, adult female 95.7% 2024 up 1.3% 26th
Access to anti-retroviral drugs, female 77.0% 2023 up 63.8% 63rd