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Colombia

28/10/2021 by

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Colombia

Country context

  • GDP per capita: 17 342 USD (2020)
  • Government debt: 82.8% of GDP (2019)
  • Population: 50.9 million (2020)
  • General government investment: 17.8% of GFCF (2019)
  • Subnational direct investment: 43.75% of general government (2019)
  • Infrastructure quality: 64.3/100 (2019)
  • Air and GHG emissions: 1.4t CO2 emissions/capita (2020)
  • Energy Transition Index: 66/100 (2021)

Source: OECD and World Economic Forum

Colombia data

Long-term strategic vision for infrastructure

Fiscal sustainability, affordability, and value for money

Efficient and effective public procurement

Transparent, systematic and effective stakeholder participation

Coherent, predictable, and efficient regulatory framework

Whole-of-government approach to manage threats to integrity

Evidence-informed decision making

Ensuring asset performance throughout its life

Environmentally sustainable and climate-resilient infrastructure

Consistency of country performance in each pillar

Good infrastructure governance requires improvements across different dimensions. Preferably, countries should make progress in all dimensions involved in each of the pillars. Consistency is measured using the coefficient of variation; pay particular attention to pillars with low consistency as they may require more nuanced analysis.

  • Low
  • High

Case studies

  • Mainstreaming gender considerations
  • Infrastructure Development Bank

Related publications

  • Fostering Effective Energy Transition, World Economic Forum (2021)
  • ITF Transport Outlook 2021
  • 5G Concessions Projects (2020)
  • National Development Plan 2018-2022

Links to useful data

  • 2022 OECD Governance of Infrastructure Dataset
  • 2020 OECD Governance of Infrastructure Dataset
  • Colombia – Country Overview, InfraCompass, Global Infrastructure Hub
  • Country profile of Colombia, OECD
  • World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance and Investment, Colombia

Relevant public institutions

  • National Planning Department
  • Ministry of Finance and Public Credit
  • National Infrastructure Agency
  • FDN | National Development Finance

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