{"id":125536,"date":"2023-06-28T20:49:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T01:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selasite.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=125536"},"modified":"2024-01-30T09:22:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T14:22:11","slug":"colombia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/en\/member-states\/colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Official name:<\/strong> REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short name:<\/strong> Colombia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date of membership:<\/strong> 18 June 1979<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capital:<\/strong> Bogota<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location:<\/strong> Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Area:<\/strong> 1,138,910 sq km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Land boundaries:<\/strong> 6,004 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Border countries:<\/strong> Brazil 1,643 km, Ecuador 590 km, Panama 225 km, Peru 1,496 km (est.), Venezuela 2,050 km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coastlines:<\/strong> 3,208 km (Caribbean Sea 1,760 km, North Pacific Ocean 1,448 km)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natural resources:<\/strong> Petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds, hydropower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environment – international agreements:<\/strong> Party to: Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economic indicators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total at current prices <\/td> 271438<\/td>Millions USD<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Per capita at current prices<\/td>5335<\/td>USD<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Growth rate per capita at constant prices<\/td>-7.81.1<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP at current prices)<\/td>-20.1<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP at current prices)<\/td>13.5<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: CEPALSTAT. Colombia: National<\/a> Economic Profile<\/a>. Databases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. Inquiry: February 14, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Socio-demographic indicators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total population <\/td>49 059<\/td>(000)<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Life expectancy<\/td>78<\/td>Years<\/td>2020-2025 <\/td><\/tr>
Women<\/td>81<\/td>Years<\/td>2020-2025 <\/td><\/tr>
Men<\/td>75<\/td>Years<\/td>2020-2025 <\/td><\/tr>
Public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP<\/td>7.6<\/td>%<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
Literacy rate for persons between the ages of 15 to 24<\/td>99.0<\/td>%<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in primary education<\/td>99.1<\/td>%<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in secondary education<\/td>80.7<\/td>%<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
Public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP<\/td>4.5<\/td>%<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
Gini Coefficient<\/td>0.55<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Unemployment<\/td>15.1<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Migration<\/td>-3.5<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Colombia: National Socio-<\/a>Demographic<\/a> Profile<\/a>. CEPALSTAT. Data Bases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. Inquiry: February 14, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Languages:<\/strong> Spanish (official)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Administrative divisions:<\/strong> 32 departments (departamentos, singular – departamento) and 1 capital district (distrito capital): Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlantico, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Bolivar, Boyaca, Caldas, Caqueta, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Choco, Cordoba, Cundinamarca, Guainia, Guaviare, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Narino, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindio, Risaralda, San Andres y Providencia, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vaupes, Vichada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independence:<\/strong> 20 July 1810 (from Spain)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constitution:<\/strong> 5 July 1991<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suffrage:<\/strong> 18 years of age; universal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive branch:<\/strong> Chief of state: President Gustavo Petro (since August 2022). Vicepresident: Francia M\u00e1rquez (since August 2022)
Note: The president is both the chief of state and head of government .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislative branch:<\/strong> Bicameral Congress or Congreso consists of the Senate or Senado (102 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Camara de Representantes (166 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judicial branch:<\/strong> Four roughly coequal, supreme judicial organs; Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (highest court of criminal law; judges are selected by their peers from the nominees of the Superior Judicial Council for eight-year terms); Council of State (highest court of administrative law; judges are selected from the nominees of the Superior Judicial Council for eight-year terms); Constitutional Court (guards integrity and supremacy of the constitution; rules on constitutionality of laws, amendments to the constitution, and international treaties); Superior Judicial Council (administers and disciplines the civilian judiciary; resolves jurisdictional conflicts arising between other courts; members are elected by three sister courts and Congress for eight-year terms).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internet code:<\/strong> .co<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Official Portal Web:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.presidencia.gov.co<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Official name: REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA Short name: Colombia Date of membership: 18 June 1979 Capital: Bogota Geography Location: Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama. Area: 1,138,910 sq km Land boundaries: 6,004 km Border countries: Brazil 1,643 km, Ecuador 590 km, Panama 225 km, Peru 1,496 km (est.), Venezuela […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":125521,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125536","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125536\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}