Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Colombia
Colombia: Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita was 0.765 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Colombia, 1946–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 0.765 for human rights index vs. gdp per capita in 2025.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Colombia peaked at 0.81 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.257, in 1950.
That places Colombia 86th out of 174 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 80 years of available data.
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Colombia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 0.41 | — |
| 1947 | 0.4 | -2.4% |
| 1948 | 0.281 | -29.8% |
| 1949 | 0.264 | -6.0% |
| 1950 | 0.257 | -2.7% |
| 1951 | 0.257 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 0.257 | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 0.257 | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 0.29 | +12.8% |
| 1955 | 0.301 | +3.8% |
| 1956 | 0.301 | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 0.303 | +0.7% |
| 1958 | 0.443 | +46.2% |
| 1959 | 0.538 | +21.4% |
| 1960 | 0.542 | +0.7% |
| 1961 | 0.542 | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 0.542 | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.542 | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.542 | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.542 | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.542 | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.542 | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.542 | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.542 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.543 | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 0.553 | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 0.553 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.551 | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 0.517 | -6.2% |
| 1975 | 0.532 | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 0.532 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.53 | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.431 | -18.7% |
| 1979 | 0.401 | -7.0% |
| 1980 | 0.401 | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.401 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.42 | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 0.525 | +25.0% |
| 1984 | 0.553 | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 0.554 | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 0.532 | -4.0% |
| 1987 | 0.517 | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 0.507 | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.507 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.518 | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 0.601 | +16.0% |
| 1992 | 0.624 | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 0.607 | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 0.609 | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.614 | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.614 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.614 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.614 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.616 | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.622 | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.619 | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.6 | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 0.664 | +10.7% |
| 2004 | 0.669 | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.676 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.676 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.688 | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.691 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.702 | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.753 | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 0.802 | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 0.803 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.804 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.805 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.804 | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.806 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.81 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.763 | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 0.695 | -8.9% |
| 2020 | 0.689 | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.671 | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 0.789 | +17.6% |
| 2023 | 0.79 | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.737 | -6.7% |
| 2025 | 0.765 | +3.8% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 0.765 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7345, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 0.765 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.819, 93% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Colombia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | +46.2% | 0.303 | 0.443 |
| 1948 | -29.8% | 0.4 | 0.281 |
| 1983 | +25.0% | 0.42 | 0.525 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.3387 | 0.264 | 0.41 | 4 |
| 1950s | 0.3204 | 0.257 | 0.538 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.542 | 0.542 | 0.542 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.5143 | 0.401 | 0.553 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4917 | 0.401 | 0.554 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6031 | 0.518 | 0.624 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6607 | 0.6 | 0.702 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7845 | 0.695 | 0.81 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7402 | 0.671 | 0.79 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More economy & growth data for Colombia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.41 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0076 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 65.09 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.1404 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0056 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 47.52 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate -52.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0046 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Colombia?
- Human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Colombia was 0.765 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.81 in 2017.
- What is the lowest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.257 in 1950.
- How does Colombia rank for human rights index vs. gdp per capita?
- Colombia ranks 86th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is human rights index vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Central estimate of the extent to which people are free from government torture, political killings, and forced labor, they have property rights, and enjoy the freedoms of movement, religion, expression, and association.