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Colombia – Current Account Balance

Name: Colombia Current Account Balance
Creator: World Bank
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Current account balance as a share of GDP. Summarizes net trade in goods, services, income, and transfers with the rest of the world. · World Bank

-1.64% +0.62% from 2023 G20 rank: 60th · all-time high: 4.78% (1991)

APA

Colombia Current Account Balance. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/colombia/current-account

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_colombia_current-account,
  title = {Colombia Current Account Balance},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/colombia/current-account},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2030* IMF	-3.60%	–	–
2029* IMF	-3.34%	–	–
2028* IMF	-3.04%	–	–
2027* IMF	-2.82%	–	–
2026* IMF	-2.57%	–	–
2025* IMF	-2.30%	–	–
2024	-1.64%	+0.62%	60th
2023	-2.26%	+3.77%	71st
2022	-6.03%	−0.40%	61st
2021	-5.64%	−2.21%	54th
2020	-3.43%	+1.16%	70th
2019	-4.58%	−0.38%	60th
2018	-4.20%	−1.02%	65th
2017	-3.18%	+1.27%	74th
2016	-4.45%	+1.92%	69th
2015	-6.37%	−1.17%	53rd
2014	-5.20%	−1.96%	68th
2013	-3.24%	−0.10%	93rd
2012	-3.14%	−0.23%	96th
2011	-2.91%	+0.09%	97th
2010	-3.00%	−1.09%	96th
2009	-1.91%	+0.77%	104th
2008	-2.68%	+0.30%	108th
2007	-2.98%	−1.13%	101st
2006	-1.85%	−0.51%	94th
2005	-1.34%	−0.68%	97th
2004	-0.66%	+0.30%	89th
2003	-0.96%	+0.35%	84th
2002	-1.32%	−0.26%	82nd
2001	-1.06%	−1.91%	93rd
2000	0.85%	+0.07%	105th
1999	0.78%	+5.71%	111th
1998	-4.93%	+0.46%	66th
1997	-5.39%	−0.61%	57th
1996	-4.78%	+0.10%	48th
1995	-4.88%	−0.39%	45th
1994	-4.49%	−1.32%	48th
1993	-3.16%	−4.71%	69th
1992	1.54%	−3.23%	113th
1991	4.78%	+3.64%	122nd
1990	1.13%	+1.64%	100th
1989	-0.51%	+0.04%	93rd
1988	-0.55%	−1.47%	92nd
1987	0.92%	−0.17%	103rd
1986	1.10%	+6.28%	103rd
1985	-5.18%	−1.52%	38th
1984	-3.66%	+4.09%	50th
1983	-7.75%	+0.08%	29th
1982	-7.84%	−2.45%	39th
1981	-5.39%	−4.77%	64th
1980	-0.62%	−2.18%	82nd
1979	1.57%	+0.46%	85th
1978	1.11%	−0.82%	83rd
1977	1.93%	+0.87%	79th
1976	1.06%	+2.37%	55th
1975	-1.31%	+1.53%	32nd
1974	-2.84%	−2.31%	13th
1973	-0.53%	+1.67%	9th
1972	-2.21%	+3.60%	5th
1971	-5.81%	−1.73%	5th
1970	-4.07%	−1.36%	5th
1969	-2.71%	+0.04%	4th
1968	-2.75%	–	4th

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* IMF World Economic Outlook projection

Detected Pattern▾

Stagflation Risk

GDP growth below 2% combined with inflation above 8% and rising unemployment. The worst macro combination for policymakers.

Inflation 11.7% GDP growth 0.7% Unemployment 9.6%

This pattern occurred 204 times in G20 history, 77 successful

Haiti 2024

Inflation

26.9%

GDP growth

-4.2%

Unemployment

14.6%

São Tomé and Principe 2024

Inflation

14.4%

GDP growth

1.1%

Unemployment

9.1%

Angola 2023

Inflation

13.6%

GDP growth

1.3%

Unemployment

14.1%

Colombia 2023

Inflation

11.7%

GDP growth

0.7%

Unemployment

9.6%

Haiti 2023

Inflation

36.8%

GDP growth

-1.9%

Unemployment

14.5%

Lebanon 2023

Inflation

221.3%

GDP growth

-0.8%

Unemployment

11.0%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

Colombia matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 2023. Historically, 38% of countries showing this pattern (77 out of 204) saw current account balance improve within 24 months. View full analysis →