Colombia vs Saudi Arabia
Colombia vs Saudi Arabia: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $6,976 in Colombia and $25,070 in Saudi Arabia, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by $18,094, or 3.59 times that in Colombia.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Saudi Arabia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, Colombia ranked 84 and Saudi Arabia ranked 37 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Colombia | Saudi Arabia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $6,976 | $25,070 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $6,865 | $25,120 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $6,837 | $25,630 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $6,857 | $26,710 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $6,457 | $24,920 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $5,892 | $22,830 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $6,440 | $24,910 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $6,354 | $24,390 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $6,310 | $23,040 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $6,316 | $22,780 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $6,249 | $23,260 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $6,122 | $23,400 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $5,911 | $23,060 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $5,676 | $23,640 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $5,517 | $23,310 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $5,214 | $21,830 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $5,047 | $20,580 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $5,049 | $21,630 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $4,947 | $21,200 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $4,694 | $21,620 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $4,457 | $21,840 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $4,312 | $21,550 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $4,154 | $20,770 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $4,058 | $20,030 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $4,021 | $21,190 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $4,017 | $22,250 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $3,967 | $22,210 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $4,214 | $23,180 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $4,266 | $23,410 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $4,199 | $23,700 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $4,190 | $23,880 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $4,059 | $24,810 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $3,913 | $25,650 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $3,788 | $26,710 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $3,713 | $26,740 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $3,714 | $25,920 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $3,636 | $24,880 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $3,589 | $26,070 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $3,520 | $25,790 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $3,410 | $28,170 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $3,290 | $29,520 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $3,260 | $33,690 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $3,228 | $37,250 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $3,254 | $44,480 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $3,299 | $56,360 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $3,301 | $58,090 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $3,244 | $58,230 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $3,148 | $55,610 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $2,969 | $58,780 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $2,914 | $58,680 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $2,844 | $53,740 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $2,841 | $59,920 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $2,748 | $54,350 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $2,635 | $46,640 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $2,504 | $41,180 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $2,421 | $37,360 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $2,338 | $25,530 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $2,262 | $25,060 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $2,194 | $24,200 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $2,167 | $23,080 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $2,120 | $22,140 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $2,108 | $20,490 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $2,046 | $19,550 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $2,043 | $18,660 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $1,998 | $17,300 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $1,961 | $16,040 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, 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
Colombia vs Saudi Arabia
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Saudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Saudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Saudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Saudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Saudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Saudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Saudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Saudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Saudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Saudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Saudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Saudi Arabia: 3 million TIV in 2023