Colombia's net foreign assets (current LCU) was 241.28 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 83.12% from 131.76 trillion in 2015 (6.24% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 241.28 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 207.98 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 131.76 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 273.5 trillion | 2024 |
| Lowest | -44.66 billion | 1984 |
| Average since 2016 | 201.21 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 52 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Colombia's net foreign assets (current LCU) fell 32.23 trillion on 2024 (from 273.5 trillion to 241.28 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +9.01 trillion and a typical year strayed about 17.01 trillion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 55.94 trillion in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 34.17 trillion in 2023. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 15.88 trillion a year. A straight line explains 83% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Colombia had the 3rd highest value of the 106 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Colombia in the 2025 ranking
- Indonesia — 1st of 106: 2,159.04 trillion
- Uzbekistan — 2nd of 106: 616.23 trillion
- Cambodia — 4th of 106: 130.8 trillion
- India — 5th of 106: 66.95 trillion
- Paraguay — 6th of 106: 55.63 trillion
What this measures
Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 64 values
| Year | Net foreign assets (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 241,279,086,590,389 |
| 2024 | 273,504,755,526,714 |
| 2023 | 217,564,258,515,526 |
| 2022 | 251,739,000,412,877 |
| 2021 | 241,245,731,660,258 |
| 2020 | 207,983,866,214,081 |
| 2019 | 165,746,717,885,024 |
| 2018 | 153,757,443,932,170 |
| 2017 | 128,443,141,682,167 |
| 2016 | 130,824,472,353,946 |
Net foreign assets (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 2.72 billion (2025)
- Argentina — 28.45 trillion (2025)
- Aruba — 3.06 billion (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 2.97 billion (2024)
- Barbados — 2.26 billion (2023)
- Belize — 1.64 billion (2025)
- Bolivia — 25.97 billion (2025)
- Brazil — 1.26 trillion (2025)
- Chile — 29.13 trillion (2025)
- Costa Rica — 8.46 trillion (2025)
- Dominica
More financial sector data for Colombia
- Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 206.38 (2025)
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 5.14% (2025)
- GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 181.44 (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$4,053 (2025)
- Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$4,053 (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 5.42% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 39.83% (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 970.94 trillion (2025)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 39.86% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Colombia's net foreign assets (current LCU)?
- 241.28 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 464 million% from 52 million in 1960 (26.64% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 273.5 trillion in 2024 and the lowest -44.66 billion in 1984.
- How does Colombia rank?
- 3rd highest of 106 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in net foreign assets (current LCU) unusual for Colombia?
- In 2025, Colombia's net foreign assets (current LCU) fell 32.23 trillion on 2024 (from 273.5 trillion to 241.28 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +9.01 trillion and a typical year strayed about 17.01 trillion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FM.AST.NFRG.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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