South America
Colombia
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Colombia's #3 import source (world lens). Colombia is the EU's #75 goods supplier.
Colombia on the world stage
Total imports
$64.1bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$49.6bn
191 partners
#1 import source
USA
26.0%
#1 export dest.
USA
30.2%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Colombia and the EU
EU imports from
€6.1bn
0.2% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€8.5bn
0.3% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #75 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.40
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
115
EUR/MWh
Consumer
133
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
286
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
68%
of generation
Wholesale 112 EUR/MWh · market market
Power market
● Take-or-pay / single-buyer lock-inMarket model
Wholesale market (competitive)
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
Comision de Regulacion de Energia y Gas (CREG)
A hydro-dominant system (70% in normal years) acutely exposed to El Nino drought, with reservoir levels dropping below 30% in early 2024, forcing maximum thermal backup and exposing the gap left by delayed generation…
Tracked infrastructure
21 gas plants
3.7 GW · 1 building
14 coal plants
1.6 GW
3 wind farms
52 MW · 7 building
20 solar farms
2.1 GW · 15 building
25 hydro plants
10.6 GW · 1 building
4 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
354
1 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
1
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold, Iron, Nickel
Mine-water verifiability
Independent ambient only
IDEAM water-quality network (130+ stations) via SIRH 2.0,…
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Monitored ports (6)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
32
→ 43.7 by 2050
Fertility
1.63
below replacement
Working-age
69.9%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
14
→ 31.7 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 52.9M · peaks 2050
By 2050: +12% (59.4M)