Colombia vs Uruguay: Central government debt, total
Central government debt, total over time
- Colombia
- Uruguay
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 71.2% against 65.3% in Uruguay, a difference of 5.9%.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 18 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Uruguay ahead.
Colombia ranks 23rd and Uruguay ranks 26th of 83 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 62.3% | 69.7% | 7.5% | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 64.7% | 44.4% | 20.3% | Colombia |
| 2020s | 76.9% | 59.8% | 17.1% | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher central government debt, total, Colombia or Uruguay?
- Colombia, at 71.2% against 65.3% in Uruguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in central government debt, total between Colombia and Uruguay?
- 5.9%, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Uruguay?
- 18 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and Uruguay rank globally for central government debt, total?
- Colombia ranks 23rd and Uruguay ranks 26th of 83 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Central government debt, total (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Central government is the part of general government that includes all administrative departments of the national executive, legislative, and judicial functions, other central agencies and those non-market producers controlled by the central government, whose competence extends normally over the whole economic territory. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.