Chile vs Colombia
Chile vs Colombia: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 4.2% a year in Chile and 5.1% a year in Colombia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by 0.9 percentage points, or 1.22 times that in Chile.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Chile.
- In 2025, Chile ranked 48 and Colombia ranked 37 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Chile at 3% a year and Colombia at 3% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Chile | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 3.9 | 6.6 |
| 2023 | 7.6 | 11.7 |
| 2022 | 11.6 | 10.2 |
| 2021 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 2019 | 2.3 | 3.5 |
| 2018 | 2.3 | 3.2 |
| 2017 | 2.2 | 4.3 |
| 2016 | 3.8 | 7.5 |
| 2015 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 4.7 | 2.9 |
| 2013 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 2011 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 2010 | 1.4 | 2.3 |
| 2009 | 1.5 | 4.2 |
| 2008 | 8.7 | 7 |
| 2007 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
| 2006 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| 2005 | 3.1 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1.1 | 5.9 |
| 2003 | 2.8 | 7.1 |
| 2002 | 2.5 | 6.4 |
| 2001 | 3.6 | 8 |
| 2000 | 3.8 | 9.2 |
| 1999 | 3.3 | 10.9 |
| 1998 | 5.1 | 18.7 |
| 1997 | 6.1 | 18.5 |
| 1996 | 7.4 | 20.8 |
| 1995 | 8.2 | 20.9 |
| 1994 | 11.4 | 22.9 |
| 1993 | 12.7 | 22.5 |
| 1992 | 15.4 | 27 |
| 1991 | 21.8 | 30.3 |
| 1990 | 26 | 29.1 |
| 1989 | 17 | 25.9 |
| 1988 | 14.7 | 28.1 |
| 1987 | 19.9 | 23.3 |
| 1986 | 19.5 | 18.9 |
| 1985 | 30.7 | 23.9 |
| 1984 | 19.9 | 16.3 |
| 1983 | 27.3 | 19.5 |
| 1982 | 9.9 | 24.9 |
| 1981 | 19.7 | 27.4 |
| 1980 | 35.1 | 25.9 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Chile | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.7 | 6 |
| 2027 | 3.5 | 5.7 |
| 2028 | 3 | 3.9 |
| 2029 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 2030 | 3 | 3 |
| 2031 | 3 | 3 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- 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 179 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