Colombia vs Singapore
Colombia vs Singapore: Government debt
Government debt: 59.9% of GDP in Colombia in 2025 and 165.8% of GDP in Singapore in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Singapore, by 104.8 percentage points, or 2.72 times that in Colombia.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Singapore has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1996.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Colombia at 65.3% of GDP and Singapore at 169.2% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Colombia | Singapore |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.9 | 165.7 |
| 2024 | 61 | 165.8 |
| 2023 | 55.4 | 170.4 |
| 2022 | 61.3 | 153.3 |
| 2021 | 64.4 | 139.9 |
| 2020 | 65.3 | 147.1 |
| 2019 | 51 | 127.7 |
| 2018 | 51.8 | 109.2 |
| 2017 | 49.5 | 107.3 |
| 2016 | 49.9 | 105.9 |
| 2015 | 50.4 | 102.1 |
| 2014 | 43.3 | 97.8 |
| 2013 | 37.6 | 98.2 |
| 2012 | 34 | 106.7 |
| 2011 | 35.8 | 103.1 |
| 2010 | 36.5 | 98.7 |
| 2009 | 35.4 | 101.7 |
| 2008 | 32.4 | 97.9 |
| 2007 | 32.7 | 87.8 |
| 2006 | 36 | 86.5 |
| 2005 | 38.5 | 92.7 |
| 2004 | 41.5 | 95.7 |
| 2003 | 45 | 99.1 |
| 2002 | 47.6 | 96.3 |
| 2001 | 41.1 | 94.5 |
| 2000 | 38 | 82.3 |
| 1999 | 34 | 85.3 |
| 1998 | 27.5 | 84.7 |
| 1997 | 25.3 | 70.8 |
| 1996 | 23.3 | 71.3 |
| 1995 | – | 69.8 |
| 1994 | – | 70.7 |
| 1993 | – | 71.2 |
| 1992 | – | 79 |
| 1991 | – | 76.4 |
| 1990 | – | 73.5 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Colombia | Singapore |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 59.5 | 166.4 |
| 2027 | 62.9 | 167.1 |
| 2028 | 65.1 | 167.9 |
| 2029 | 65.9 | 168.5 |
| 2030 | 65.7 | 169 |
| 2031 | 65.3 | 169.2 |
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
Colombia vs Singapore
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Singapore: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Singapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Singapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Singapore: 100% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Singapore: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Singapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Singapore: 5.79 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Singapore: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Singapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Singapore: 100% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Singapore: 35.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Singapore: 13.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Singapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Singapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Singapore: $16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Singapore: $2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Singapore: 18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Singapore: 59,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Singapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Singapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Singapore: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Singapore: 79 million TIV in 2025