Colombia vs Sweden

Colombia vs Sweden: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 2.6% a year in Colombia and 1.4% a year in Sweden, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by 1.2 percentage points, or 1.84 times that in Sweden.

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% a year · IMF

Colombia vs Sweden: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 2.6% a year in Colombia and 1.4% a year in Sweden, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by 1.2 percentage points, or 1.84 times that in Sweden.
ColombiaSwedenIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Colombia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Sweden.
  • In 2025, Colombia ranked 89 and Sweden ranked 114 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Colombia at 2.9% a year and Sweden at 1.8% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearColombiaSweden
20252.61.4
20241.52
20230.8-0.2
20227.31.3
202110.85.2
2020-7.2-1.9
20193.22.6
20182.61.8
20171.41.9
20162.12.1
201534.4
20144.52.3
20135.11.1
20123.9-0.4
20116.93.2
20104.55.8
20091.1-4.3
20083.3-0.9
20076.73.2
20066.74.7
20054.42.8
20045.34.2
20033.91.9
20022.52.3
20011.71.4
20002.94.6
1999-4.24.2
19980.64.2
19973.43.1
19962.11.7
19955.24.1
19945.14
19935.7-1.8
19924.4-1.1
19912.4-1.1
19904.30.5
19893.42.6
19884.12.5
19875.43.4
19865.83.1
19853.12.3
19843.44.3
19831.62
19820.91.4
19812.34.5
19804.44.6
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearColombiaSweden
20262.22.5
20272.32.2
20282.42.1
20292.61.9
20302.81.8
20312.91.8

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • 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 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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