GDP Colombia, 1950-2017
Capital investment and labour participation have been the main driver of growth
Colombia has a high firm density
In Colombia seven out of ten companies fail within five years of creation
Number of multilatinas, Colombia and selected economies, 2009 and 2016
Manufacturing as a percentage of GDP in Colombia is today half of what it was in the 1980s
Employment by economic activities, Colombia, 2001-17
Competitive Industrial Performance (CIP) index ranking, Colombia and selected countries, 1990-2015
Manufacturing value added (MVA) and GDP per capita, Colombia and OECD economies, 1970-2015
Exports and imports, by partners and technology intensity, Colombia, 1991-2017
The productivity gap persists in Colombia
Decomposition of labour productivity growth by effect and economic activities, Colombia
Decomposition of labour productivity growth, Colombia, 1993-2016
SMEs in Colombia face an increasing productivity gap
Regional variation in labour productivity, Colombia and selected countries, 2016
Trade as percentage of GDP has remained stable and relatively low since the 1990s in Colombia
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Colombia 2017
The top ten exporting firms account for 65% of total exports
FDI as share of GDP, Colombia, Latin America and OECD, 2005-17
Brazil, Spain and the United States are the top investors in Colombia
Three regions account for 63% of total inward FDI
Restrictions to FDI are relatively low in Colombia
OECD estimates suggest that trade and investment together have greater impact on wages and productivity
Colombia’s participation to GVCs is amongst the lowest in Latin America
Colombia could improve its participation to GVCs through services
Food manufacturing gross exports by origin and destination, Colombia, 2014
MNEs establish different forms of partnerships in hosting countries
Ratio of freight costs to tariffs, 2012-15
Colombia invests little in R&D
On average only 20% of Colombian firms innovate
Innovative firms in Colombia could co-operate more to innovate