In 2022, the public debt that Colombia's government owed to foreign creditors equaled 30.4 percent of the country's GDP, down from 32.7 percent at the end of 2021. Overall, since 2012 the volume of external debt in relation to GDP experienced an upward trend, peaking in 2020.
External public debt as percentage of gross domestic product in Colombia from 2000 to 2022
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External public debt as percentage of gross domestic product in Colombia from 2000 to 2022 [Graph], Banco de la República (Colombia), May 9, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057054/colombia-government-external-debt-share-gdp/