Social Development in Colombia

164 indicators covering social development for Colombia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index 7 2018 unchanged 69th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 303,273 2025 up 4,308.7% 3rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0057 units per person 2025 up 3,775.9% 19th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 2,728.8% 36th
Political Rights Score 31 2025 up 6.9% 76th
Freedom Score 69 2025 up 9.5% 85th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 17,421 2025 up 16,491.4% 44th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0003 units per person 2025 up 14,486.6% 80th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 10,545.7% 75th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -23.78 % change on previous year 2025 down 151.7% 95th
Full democracy 0 2025 78th
States involved in state-based conflicts 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 17 2018 unchanged 70th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate -40.55 % change on previous year 2025 down 27.5% 137th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.643 2025 up 10.3% 91st
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.643 2025 down 9.6% 109th
Political Corruption Index 0.388 2025 down 0.3% 105th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.388 2025 down 0.3% 105th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 3.07 2024 up 31.3% 49th
Number of armed conflicts 5 conflicts 2025 4th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.272 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1,830.1% 36th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0215 units per square kilometre 2023 up 41,006.9% 81st
LGBT+ Rights Index 9.88 2019 up 50.1% 14th
Forcibly displaced people 10.04 million 2025 up 60.1% 1st
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 1 2016 unchanged 61st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st
Age of electoral democracy 68 years 2025 up 17.2% 23rd
Corruption Perceptions Index 39 2024 up 5.4% 91st
Internally displaced people due to conflict 7.03 million people 2024 up 16.3% 3rd
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 4.87 2024 up 12.4% 99th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 4.25 2024 up 15.0% 80th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.6061 2024 down 2.5% 92nd
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year 0.0137 2024 down 13.3% 27th
Self-reported life satisfaction 6.04 2025 down 6.8% 66th
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.04 2025 down 6.8% 66th
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 71.1% 2024 up 9.4% 29th
Homicide rate 24.91 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 25.4% 18th
Homicides 13,035 homicides 2023 down 15.5% 6th
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 24.91 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 25.4% 18th
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 24.91 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 25.4% 18th
Age of electoral democracy 35 years 2025 up 40.0% 49th
States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 51st
Citizen support for democracy -0.923 2020 down 530.4% 108th
Homicides 14,457 deaths 2021 down 13.4% 4th
Child homicide rate 9.34 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 34.2% 4th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy -0.9227 2020 down 10,878.8% 113th
Homicide rate 28.2 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 22.8% 5th
Homicide rate by age of the victim 28.2 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 22.8% 5th
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Homicides 18,353 deaths 2021 down 30.1% 7th
Homicide rate 35.63 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 38.5% 9th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 35.75 2021 down 38.0% 9th
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 3.13 million 2030 down 8.4% 38th
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 4.81 2030 up 9.8% 97th
States involved in state based conflicts, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st