Imports
$54.7 billion (2011 est.)Exports
$56.22 billion (2011 est.)Inflation rate (consumer prices)
3.4% (2011 est.)Unemployment rate
10.8% (2011 est.)GDP - per capita (PPP)
$10,400 (2011 est.)National product real growth rate
4.4% (2010 est.)Internet users
22.538 million (2009)Telephones - mobile cellular
43.405 million (2009)Population growth rate
1.128% (2012 est.)Population
45,239,079 (July 2012 est.)About this country
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Historical background
Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela).
A four-decade long conflict between government forces and anti-government insurgent groups, principally the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) heavily funded by the drug trade, escalated during the 1990s.
The insurgents lack the military or popular support necessary to overthrow the government, and violence has been decreasing since about 2002.
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Economic overview
The SANTOS administration has highlighted five "locomotives" to stimulate economic growth: extractive industries; agriculture; infrastructure; housing; and innovation.
Colombia is third largest exporter of oil to the United States.
President SANTOS, inaugurated in August 2010, introduced unprecedented legislation to better distribute extractive industry royalties and compensate Colombians who lost their land due to decades of violence.
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OECD
In Colombia, the beginning of a new century has brought with it a palpable feeling of optimism. Colombians and visitors sense that the country's considerable potential can be realised, and education is ...
The Economist Intelligence Unit
OVERVIEW Peace negotiations between the government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) guerrillas will dominate the political scene in the short term, with important implications ...
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