Colombia External Debt 1970-2025

Colombia external debt for 2022 was 184.12 billion US dollars, a 6.98% increase from 2021.
  • Colombia external debt for 2021 was 172.11 billion US dollars, a 10.52% increase from 2020.
  • Colombia external debt for 2020 was 155.73 billion US dollars, a 12.08% increase from 2019.
  • Colombia external debt for 2019 was 138.94 billion US dollars, a 4.24% increase from 2018.
Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.