Chile vs Colombia
Chile vs Colombia: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 24.5% in Chile and 53.7% in Colombia, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Colombia, by 29.2 percentage points, or 2.19 times that in Chile.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Chile ranked 119 and Colombia ranked 45 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Chile | Colombia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24.5 | 53.7 | – |
| 2023 | 24.5 | 53.8 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 24.5 | 54 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 24.5 | 54.1 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 24.5 | 54.2 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 24.5 | 54.3 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 24.5 | 54.5 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 24.5 | 54.6 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 24.5 | 54.8 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 24.6 | 55 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 24.5 | 55 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 24.4 | 55.1 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 24.4 | 55.2 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 24.3 | 55.3 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 24.3 | 55.4 | 32 |
| 2009 | 24.2 | 55.5 | 32 |
| 2008 | 24.1 | 55.6 | 32 |
| 2007 | 24 | 55.7 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 23.9 | 55.8 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 23.9 | 55.9 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 23.8 | 56 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 23.7 | 56.1 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 23.6 | 56.2 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 23.5 | 56.3 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 23.4 | 56.4 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 23.4 | 56.6 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 23.3 | 56.9 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 23.2 | 57.1 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 23.1 | 57.3 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 23 | 57.5 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 22.9 | 57.8 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 22.9 | 58 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 22.8 | 58.2 | 33 |
| 1991 | 22.7 | 58.5 | – |
| 1990 | 22.6 | 58.7 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Chile vs Colombia
Health
- Life expectancyChile: 81.2 years in 2023Colombia: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChile: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Colombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChile: 4.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Colombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChile: 98.8% in 2022Colombia: 73.9% in 2022
- DepressionChile: 4.06% in 2017Colombia: 2.2% in 2017
- Suicide rateChile: 10.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Colombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChile: 19.7 million people in 2023Colombia: 52.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthChile: 0.57% a year in 2023Colombia: 1.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChile: 1.17 births per woman in 2023Colombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChile: 89.2% in 2025Colombia: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageChile: 36 years in 2023Colombia: 31.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChile: 13.7% in 2023Colombia: 9.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateChile: 3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Colombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChile: 1.52% of GDP in 2025Colombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChile: $5.15B in 2025Colombia: $13.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personChile: $269 in 2025Colombia: $273 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChile: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Colombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChile: 114,000 people in 2020Colombia: 428,000 people in 2020
- National powerChile: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Colombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChile: 1.28% of the labour force in 2020Colombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChile: 14 million TIV in 2025Colombia: 22 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChile: 8 million TIV in 2022Colombia: 4 million TIV in 2020