Development Ledger · Latin America
Colombia
HDI rank 83 of 193Upper-middle incomeGDI group 1
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Human Development Index (2023)
0.788
+0.165 since 1990
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.593
24.7% lost to inequality
Life expectancy
77.7 yrs
Expected schooling 14.3 yrs
GNI per person (2021 PPP $)
$18,666
Mean schooling 9.0 yrs
HDI over Time
Colombia against its closest income-group peers, 1990–2023.
The Three Dimensions
Each scaled 0 to 1 against UNDP goalposts. The HDI is their geometric mean, so a weak dimension pulls it down more than an average would.
Health0.888
Education0.697
Income0.790
World Bank Human Capital Index (2020): 0.60. A child born today will be 60% as productive as with full health and education.
Peers
Colombia against economies in the same World Bank income group, same region first.
Years Behind
How many years ago the benchmark reached the level this country is at today.