Colombia vs Mexico
Colombia vs Mexico: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 5.1% a year in Colombia and 3.8% a year in Mexico, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by 1.3 percentage points, or 1.35 times that in Mexico.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Mexico.
- In 2025, Colombia ranked 37 and Mexico ranked 62 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Colombia at 3% a year and Mexico at 3% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Colombia | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.1 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 6.6 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 11.7 | 5.5 |
| 2022 | 10.2 | 7.9 |
| 2021 | 3.5 | 5.7 |
| 2020 | 2.5 | 3.4 |
| 2019 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2018 | 3.2 | 4.9 |
| 2017 | 4.3 | 6 |
| 2016 | 7.5 | 2.8 |
| 2015 | 5 | 2.7 |
| 2014 | 2.9 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3.8 |
| 2012 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 2011 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| 2010 | 2.3 | 4.2 |
| 2009 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 7 | 5.1 |
| 2007 | 5.5 | 4 |
| 2006 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
| 2005 | 5 | 4 |
| 2004 | 5.9 | 4.7 |
| 2003 | 7.1 | 4.6 |
| 2002 | 6.4 | 5 |
| 2001 | 8 | 6.4 |
| 2000 | 9.2 | 9.5 |
| 1999 | 10.9 | 16.6 |
| 1998 | 18.7 | 15.9 |
| 1997 | 18.5 | 20.6 |
| 1996 | 20.8 | 34.4 |
| 1995 | 20.9 | 35.1 |
| 1994 | 22.9 | 7 |
| 1993 | 22.5 | 9.8 |
| 1992 | 27 | 15.5 |
| 1991 | 30.3 | 22.6 |
| 1990 | 29.1 | 26.7 |
| 1989 | 25.9 | 19.9 |
| 1988 | 28.1 | 113.5 |
| 1987 | 23.3 | 132 |
| 1986 | 18.9 | 86.5 |
| 1985 | 23.9 | 57.8 |
| 1984 | 16.3 | 65.4 |
| 1983 | 19.5 | 101.8 |
| 1982 | 24.9 | 59.1 |
| 1981 | 27.4 | 28 |
| 1980 | 25.9 | 26.5 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Colombia | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 3.8 |
| 2027 | 5.7 | 3.6 |
| 2028 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
| 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
Colombia vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Mexico: 43% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Mexico: $13.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Mexico: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Mexico: 1 million TIV in 2019