Colombia — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Colombia, 1960–2025.
Inflation for Colombia was 5.14% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 33.80% in 1977. The lowest was 2.02% in 2013 (about 2.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.19% per year.
Colombia ranks 44 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 24%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 2.53%, so Colombia sits above it. It peaked in 1977 and has fallen 85% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 3%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 4 of 33 economies; Brazil (5.02%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 461% in 1963. That is 11% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1963.
World ranking. Slipped: 11th of 63 in 1960 → 20th of 92 in 1970 → 15th of 106 in 1980 → 19th of 131 in 1990 → 34th of 163 in 2000 → 124th of 186 in 2010 → 77th of 178 in 2020 → 36th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.14% | -1.5 pp |
| 2024 | 6.61% | -5.1 pp |
| 2023 | 11.74% | +1.6 pp |
| 2022 | 10.18% | +6.7 pp |
| 2021 | 3.5% | +1.0 pp |
| 2020 | 2.53% | -1.0 pp |
| 2019 | 3.52% | +0.3 pp |
| 2018 | 3.24% | -1.1 pp |
| 2017 | 4.31% | -3.2 pp |
| 2016 | 7.51% | +2.5 pp |
| 2015 | 4.99% | +2.1 pp |
| 2014 | 2.9% | +0.9 pp |
| 2013 | 2.02% | -1.2 pp |
| 2012 | 3.17% | -0.2 pp |
| 2011 | 3.42% | +1.1 pp |
| 2010 | 2.27% | -1.9 pp |
| 2009 | 4.2% | -2.8 pp |
| 2008 | 7% | +1.5 pp |
| 2007 | 5.54% | +1.3 pp |
| 2006 | 4.29% | -0.8 pp |
| 2005 | 5.05% | -0.9 pp |
| 2004 | 5.9% | -1.2 pp |
| 2003 | 7.13% | +0.8 pp |
| 2002 | 6.35% | -1.6 pp |
| 2001 | 7.97% | -1.3 pp |
| 2000 | 9.23% | -1.6 pp |
| 1999 | 10.87% | -7.8 pp |
| 1998 | 18.68% | +0.2 pp |
| 1997 | 18.47% | -2.3 pp |
| 1996 | 20.8% | -0.1 pp |
| 1995 | 20.89% | -2.0 pp |
| 1994 | 22.85% | +0.4 pp |
| 1993 | 22.44% | -4.6 pp |
| 1992 | 27.01% | -3.4 pp |
| 1991 | 30.39% | +1.2 pp |
| 1990 | 29.15% | +3.3 pp |
| 1989 | 25.87% | -2.2 pp |
| 1988 | 28.11% | +4.8 pp |
| 1987 | 23.3% | +4.5 pp |
| 1986 | 18.84% | -5.2 pp |
| 1985 | 24.09% | +7.9 pp |
| 1984 | 16.16% | -3.4 pp |
| 1983 | 19.6% | -5.1 pp |
| 1982 | 24.72% | -2.7 pp |
| 1981 | 27.45% | +0.9 pp |
| 1980 | 26.55% | +2.4 pp |
| 1979 | 24.13% | +6.4 pp |
| 1978 | 17.76% | -16.0 pp |
| 1977 | 33.8% | +14.0 pp |
| 1976 | 19.83% | -3.6 pp |
| 1975 | 23.44% | -0.4 pp |
| 1974 | 23.87% | +1.3 pp |
| 1973 | 22.53% | +10.1 pp |
| 1972 | 12.44% | +0.5 pp |
| 1971 | 11.94% | +5.0 pp |
| 1970 | 6.91% | -0.1 pp |
| 1969 | 6.98% | -0.5 pp |
| 1968 | 7.45% | -0.9 pp |
| 1967 | 8.33% | -8.4 pp |
| 1966 | 16.73% | +9.1 pp |
| 1965 | 7.59% | -9.5 pp |
| 1964 | 17.07% | -9.3 pp |
| 1963 | 26.36% | +21.7 pp |
| 1962 | 4.7% | -3.6 pp |
| 1961 | 8.28% | +2.5 pp |
| 1960 | 5.81% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Colombia’s Inflation in 1961?
8.28% (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Colombia’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -11.6% in total — about 0.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 5.14%; 2024: 6.61%; 2023: 11.74%; 2022: 10.18%; 2021: 3.5%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.