🇨🇴 Colombia
Americas · where this nation sits on each axis, and how it answers item by item.
Economic
MarketState
Mean 22.9 · median 25.8 · n=96 · ±10.3 · weighted
Social
TraditionalProgressive
Mean 36.1 · median 37.0 · n=94 · ±10.4 · weighted
Sovereignty
NationalGlobal
Mean 13.3 · median 13.0 · n=98 · ±10.2 · weighted
Force
RestraintIntervention
Mean -18.65 · median -16.9 · n=94 · ±10.4 · weighted
Weighted to Colombia's adult population on age, gender and education. Benchmark: World Bank World Development Indicators (UN World Population Prospects age/sex structure; UNESCO UIS educational attainment) (2024).
Item by item
| Question | Side A | Neither | Side B | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A We should buy things from whoever makes them best and cheapest, wherever they are. B We should protect our own key industries, even if that means we pay more at home. |
16.71% | 14.6% | 68.69% | 71 |
| A AI should be run by the countries and firms that build it. B Powerful AI should be run by a world body, not by those who build it. |
21.07% | 19.4% | 59.53% | 32 |
| A If machines take the jobs, people must retrain and move on. B If machines take the jobs, the state must guarantee an income. |
8.74% | 14.51% | 76.75% | 31 |
| A In the last year, have you had enough food to eat? B |
0.0% | 5.77% | 94.23% | 56 |
| A Health care should mostly be bought and sold, with help for those who cannot pay. B The state should provide health care, free when you need it. |
14.55% | 9.61% | 75.84% | 77 |
| A Buying fuel from a government you attack in public is not worth it. B Keeping the lights on comes first, even if the fuel comes from a bad government. |
12.52% | 29.64% | 57.84% | 29 |
| A Build more homes and let the market set the rent. B Cap what landlords are allowed to charge. |
18.62% | 14.77% | 66.61% | 32 |
| A Is the water where you live safe to drink? B |
0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 51 |
| A Big private fortunes are earned, and should not be capped. B When a few people hold so much wealth, taxes should bring it back down. |
4.82% | 12.17% | 83.01% | 74 |
| A Where a border has already moved by force, it is better to accept it than fight on. B A border moved by force should never be accepted, whatever it costs. |
48.14% | 31.1% | 20.76% | 31 |
| A A shorter working week would leave us all poorer. B A four-day week should be the normal week. |
1.81% | 26.82% | 71.37% | 31 |
| A Do you have electricity when you need it? B |
0.0% | 8.65% | 91.35% | 54 |
| A Water, power and trains work better when private firms compete to run them. B Water, power and trains should be owned by the public, not run for profit. |
5.95% | 9.94% | 84.11% | 73 |
| A Each country should decide for itself how many refugees it takes, if any. B Rich countries owe it to the world to take a share of refugees. |
49.28% | 31.96% | 18.75% | 29 |
| A What you leave your children is your own business. B What one person leaves behind should be taxed heavily. |
10.69% | 19.69% | 69.63% | 35 |
| A Is your home dry, warm enough and in good repair? B |
0.0% | 6.0% | 94.0% | 53 |
| A Free trade and business have done more to end poverty than state help has. B State help has done more to end poverty than free trade and business have. |
5.81% | 16.61% | 77.58% | 70 |
| A Making some things and buying the rest is how a modern economy works. B A country that cannot make its own chips, medicine and food is not truly free. |
9.6% | 29.26% | 61.15% | 31 |
| A If you gain from a degree, you should pay for it. B A place at college should be free for everyone. |
8.26% | 32.15% | 59.58% | 32 |
| A At the end of the month, is there money left over? B |
0.0% | 3.98% | 96.02% | 49 |
| A Rules on business usually do more harm than good. B Rules on business are needed to keep people safe. |
9.21% | 12.8% | 77.99% | 76 |
| A The price of food should be set by the market. B The state should cap the price of basic food. |
10.71% | 15.6% | 73.69% | 29 |
| A Do you feel safe walking alone near your home at night? B |
0.0% | 92.18% | 7.82% | 54 |
| A Money from the state should go to people who work, or who clearly need it. B The state should pay everyone enough to live on, with no strings. |
3.35% | 27.64% | 69.01% | 72 |
| A You should be 18 before you can vote. B Sixteen-year-olds should be able to vote. |
38.12% | 27.89% | 33.99% | 31 |
| A Can you say what you think in public without fear? B |
0.0% | 7.36% | 92.64% | 49 |
| A A firm should be run by the people who own it and the bosses they pick. B Workers should have seats on the board of every large firm. |
12.9% | 22.63% | 64.46% | 76 |
| A Parents, not the state, should decide what children see online. B Children under 16 should be kept off social media by law. |
49.54% | 30.38% | 20.08% | 32 |
| A Are you treated with respect by people in authority? B |
0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 55 |
| A A government should balance its books, even if that means cutting services. B A government should borrow to keep services going, rather than cut them. |
4.81% | 18.07% | 77.12% | 74 |
| A Young people should be free to choose their own path. B A year of national service should be required of the young. |
51.33% | 21.54% | 27.13% | 36 |
| A Can you see a doctor when you need one? B |
0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 54 |
| A Letting firms from abroad invest in our oil, gas and metals brings in money and skills. B Our oil, gas and metals should stay in our own hands, not be sold abroad. |
10.75% | 11.79% | 77.46% | 80 |
| A Schools should teach children to question their country's story. B Schools should teach children to be proud of their country. |
43.72% | 19.68% | 36.6% | 33 |
| A Can you get online when you need to? B |
0.0% | 10.92% | 89.08% | 55 |
| A The old kind of family is what holds a society together. B A society is stronger when all kinds of family are treated the same. |
28.23% | 26.05% | 45.73% | 71 |
| A The law should never help anyone end a life. B People who are dying should be allowed help to end it. |
18.34% | 23.69% | 57.97% | 33 |
| A Can the children you know get a decent education? B |
0.0% | 2.13% | 97.87% | 49 |
| A Too many newcomers puts our way of life at risk. B Newcomers add more to our way of life than they take away. |
40.81% | 25.42% | 33.76% | 70 |
| A How we farm animals is a matter of cost and choice. B Factory farming should be phased out. |
30.84% | 28.41% | 40.76% | 35 |
| A Can you travel to work or market without great difficulty? B |
0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 53 |
| A Faith should help shape the laws of a country. B Laws should be made without looking to any faith. |
26.67% | 28.01% | 45.33% | 77 |
| A A country may set low taxes to attract business. B Tax havens should be shut down by world agreement. |
31.45% | 26.19% | 42.36% | 31 |
| A Compared with five years ago, is your life better or worse? B |
0.0% | 4.03% | 95.97% | 54 |
| A Each society should keep marriage as it has always been. B Two men, or two women, should be able to marry in any country. |
32.3% | 23.13% | 44.57% | 75 |
| A What a country finds in space belongs to that country. B Space, and all that is in it, belongs to everyone. |
28.6% | 35.38% | 36.03% | 35 |
| A Will the next generation's life be better or worse than yours? B |
0.0% | 12.65% | 87.35% | 54 |
| A People should be free to say hurtful things without the state stepping in. B The state should stop speech that puts down small groups. |
31.16% | 17.23% | 51.61% | 72 |
| A Firms that develop medicines should keep the rights to them. B When a plague hits, the whole world should be free to copy a drug. |
23.73% | 25.79% | 50.48% | 31 |
| A Do the people in charge listen to someone like you? B |
0.0% | 8.35% | 91.65% | 50 |
| A Taking drugs for fun should stay against the law. B Taking drugs for fun should no longer be a crime. |
26.27% | 22.87% | 50.86% | 78 |
| A A leader can only be put on trial by their own country. B Any leader can be put on trial by a world court. |
43.95% | 34.16% | 21.89% | 33 |
| A Whether you are a man or a woman is set at birth. B Whether you are a man or a woman is for you to say. |
29.16% | 34.58% | 36.26% | 85 |
| A The waters near a country belong to that country. B The sea and the fish in it belong to all of us. |
46.8% | 37.22% | 15.98% | 33 |
| A A country should move on from old wrongs, not keep going back to them. B A country should own up to old wrongs, and pay those it harmed. |
27.65% | 27.22% | 45.12% | 73 |
| A Each country should set its own rules for the internet. B The internet needs one set of rules for everyone. |
59.21% | 18.29% | 22.5% | 35 |
| A Keeping order matters more than letting people be themselves. B Letting people be themselves matters more than keeping order. |
26.03% | 27.15% | 46.82% | 77 |
| A Nobody should ever be forced to fight. B If the country is attacked, everyone must serve. |
22.66% | 48.04% | 29.3% | 34 |
| A The law should limit abortion in most cases. B A woman should be able to end a pregnancy if she asks. |
25.29% | 16.97% | 57.74% | 79 |
| A We should not sell arms to countries at war. B Selling arms is how friends stay able to defend themselves. |
48.46% | 36.9% | 14.64% | 30 |
| A No court outside our country should overrule the leaders we elect. B World courts should be able to overrule the leaders a country elects. |
55.83% | 22.63% | 21.55% | 76 |
| A Answering an attack on computers with force goes much too far. B A big attack on our computers can be answered with force. |
49.65% | 24.32% | 26.03% | 38 |
| A A country has every right to choose who may cross its border. B Where you were born should not decide where you may live. |
57.77% | 28.86% | 13.38% | 75 |
| A Peace troops rarely help and often make things worse. B The world should keep a standing peace force ready. |
51.61% | 26.4% | 22.0% | 33 |
| A Each country should set its own limits on the gases it gives off. B The same limits on gases should be set for every country, rich or poor. |
48.73% | 23.81% | 27.46% | 74 |
| A You do not spy on your friends. B Every country spies on everyone, and should. |
60.43% | 12.82% | 26.75% | 36 |
| A The UN veto matches real power, and keeps big states at the table. B The UN veto gives too much power to too few countries. |
48.38% | 22.58% | 29.04% | 73 |
| A Watching a border with armed drones goes too far. B A country may use armed drones to guard its border. |
46.63% | 22.7% | 30.67% | 34 |
| A Trade deals mostly help the rich and cost ordinary workers. B Trade deals help ordinary people more than they hurt them. |
64.81% | 26.37% | 8.81% | 75 |
| A You owe more to your own country than to the world as a whole. B You owe more to the world as a whole than to any one country. |
58.35% | 21.07% | 20.59% | 75 |
| A A country should pick who moves in, based on what it needs. B People should be free to live and work in any country they choose. |
57.09% | 16.66% | 26.25% | 71 |
| A Each country should set its own tax on firms, and compete for their money. B Big firms should pay the same lowest tax rate all over the world. |
28.53% | 30.7% | 40.78% | 79 |
| A Borders should stay as they are, even if a region wants to break away. B If a region votes to break away, it should be allowed to. |
39.36% | 29.76% | 30.88% | 72 |
| A A country should keep full control of its own money. B A country gains more than it loses by sharing control of money with others. |
40.83% | 30.04% | 29.12% | 74 |
| A Sending in troops from outside usually makes the killing worse, not better. B It is right to send troops to stop mass killing in another country. |
58.18% | 25.56% | 16.26% | 75 |
| A Cutting off trade is wrong when it makes ordinary people go hungry. B Cutting off trade is a fair tool, even when ordinary people suffer. |
60.32% | 19.68% | 20.0% | 71 |
| A We already spend enough, or too much, on our armed forces. B We should spend more on our armed forces. |
37.53% | 29.56% | 32.91% | 79 |
| A Nuclear arms make disaster more likely, and should be got rid of. B Nuclear arms keep the peace by making war too costly. |
61.65% | 16.61% | 21.74% | 78 |
| A There is no fight that talking cannot end in the end. B Some enemies stop only when they are stopped by force. |
42.75% | 30.92% | 26.33% | 71 |
| A Sending arms into a war makes it last longer and kills more people. B When a country is invaded, sending it arms is the right thing to do. |
48.46% | 20.11% | 31.43% | 74 |
| A Killing someone abroad without a trial is never right. B It is sometimes right to kill an enemy fighter abroad. |
52.92% | 24.06% | 23.02% | 75 |
| A No country should meddle inside another, whatever is going on there. B What a country does to its own people can be the world's business. |
62.83% | 29.7% | 7.47% | 73 |
| A We should not go to war over someone else's quarrel. B We should be ready to go to war to defend a friend. |
49.26% | 33.36% | 17.38% | 73 |
| A Money spent on arms would do more good spent on helping poor countries. B Spending on arms buys the safety that everything else rests on. |
47.33% | 30.85% | 21.82% | 73 |
| A Which comes closest to the work you do? B |
0.0% | 1.51% | 98.49% | 50 |
| A How steady is that work? B |
0.0% | 24.03% | 75.97% | 53 |
| A Do you work more hours than you would like? B |
0.0% | 22.74% | 77.26% | 49 |
Where Colombia sits
Measured national facts — not opinion, and not a substitute for it. Each figure is the most recent observation published for this country, and carries its own year.
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Income per person
World Bank / ICP · 2025
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$18,778 |
close to the middle
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Income inequality (Gini)
World Bank PovcalNet/PIP · 2024
|
54.4 0–100 |
among the highest in the world
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Unemployment
ILO modelled estimate · 2025
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8.3% |
somewhat above the middle
|
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Tax revenue
IMF Government Finance Statistics · 2024
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15.2% |
close to the middle
|
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Health spending
WHO Global Health Expenditure · 2024
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8.1% |
somewhat above the middle
|
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Urban population
UN World Urbanization Prospects · 2025
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78.8% |
somewhat above the middle
|
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Using the internet
ITU · 2024
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79.3% |
close to the middle
|
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Tertiary enrolment
UNESCO UIS · 2022
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59.3% |
close to the middle
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Life expectancy
UN World Population Prospects · 2024
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77.9 years |
somewhat above the middle
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Births per woman
UN World Population Prospects · 2024
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1.6 |
somewhat below the middle
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Trade openness
World Bank national accounts · 2025
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35.4% |
among the lowest in the world
|
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Foreign direct investment
IMF Balance of Payments · 2025
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2.5% |
close to the middle
|
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Born in another country
UN DESA migrant stock · 2024
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5.8% |
close to the middle
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Military spending
SIPRI · 2024
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3.4% |
higher than most countries
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Armed forces personnel
IISS Military Balance · 2020
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428,000 |
among the highest in the world
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Homicides
UNODC · 2023
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24.9 per 100,000 |
among the highest in the world
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Ranked against every country with a published figure for the same series. Sources: World Bank World Development Indicators, which republish UN, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, SIPRI, IISS and UNODC data.