Chile vs Colombia
Chile vs Colombia: Government debt
Government debt in 2025: 41.5% of GDP in Chile and 59.9% of GDP in Colombia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by 18.4 percentage points, or 1.44 times that in Chile.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1996.
- In 2025, Chile ranked 100 and Colombia ranked 56 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Chile at 49% of GDP and Colombia at 65.3% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Chile | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41.5 | 59.9 |
| 2024 | 41.8 | 61 |
| 2023 | 39.4 | 55.4 |
| 2022 | 37.9 | 61.3 |
| 2021 | 36.4 | 64.4 |
| 2020 | 32.4 | 65.3 |
| 2019 | 28.3 | 51 |
| 2018 | 25.8 | 51.8 |
| 2017 | 23.7 | 49.5 |
| 2016 | 21.1 | 49.9 |
| 2015 | 17.4 | 50.4 |
| 2014 | 15 | 43.3 |
| 2013 | 12.8 | 37.6 |
| 2012 | 11.9 | 34 |
| 2011 | 11.1 | 35.8 |
| 2010 | 8.6 | 36.5 |
| 2009 | 5.8 | 35.4 |
| 2008 | 4.9 | 32.4 |
| 2007 | 3.9 | 32.7 |
| 2006 | 5 | 36 |
| 2005 | 7 | 38.5 |
| 2004 | 10.3 | 41.5 |
| 2003 | 12.6 | 45 |
| 2002 | 15 | 47.6 |
| 2001 | 14.4 | 41.1 |
| 2000 | 13.2 | 38 |
| 1999 | 13.3 | 34 |
| 1998 | 12.1 | 27.5 |
| 1997 | 12.8 | 25.3 |
| 1996 | 14.6 | 23.3 |
| 1995 | 17.3 | – |
| 1994 | 22.6 | – |
| 1993 | 28.1 | – |
| 1992 | 30.5 | – |
| 1991 | 37.1 | – |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Chile | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42.8 | 59.5 |
| 2027 | 44.5 | 62.9 |
| 2028 | 46 | 65.1 |
| 2029 | 47.2 | 65.9 |
| 2030 | 48.1 | 65.7 |
| 2031 | 49 | 65.3 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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