Colombia - Central government debt

Central government debt, total (current LCU)

The value for Central government debt, total (current LCU) in Colombia was 495,860,000,000,000 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 607,904,000,000,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of 7,591,600,000,000 in 1998.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1998 7,591,600,000,000
1999 28,896,400,000,000
2000 36,928,800,000,000
2003 143,078,000,000,000
2008 310,928,000,000,000
2009 346,081,000,000,000
2010 394,186,000,000,000
2011 389,119,000,000,000
2012 434,747,000,000,000
2013 479,177,000,000,000
2014 607,904,000,000,000
2015 536,471,000,000,000
2016 495,860,000,000,000

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Central government debt, total (% of GDP) in Colombia was 57.41 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 79.68 in 2014, while its lowest value was 5.40 in 1998.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1998 5.40
1999 19.07
2000 17.71
2003 52.54
2008 65.25
2009 69.00
2010 72.45
2011 62.86
2012 65.23
2013 67.10
2014 79.68
2015 66.67
2016 57.41

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance