Tax revenue in Colombia

Central government tax revenue in Colombia was equal to 15.2% of GDP in 2024.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1998 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Colombia, 2024 15.2% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −2.3percentage points 2023: 17.5%
World, 2024 13.9% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 21.9% Middle value of 35 countries

Tax revenue in Colombia over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) (% of GDP), 2000 to 2024
Period ColombiaWorld
2024 15.2% 13.9%
2023 17.5% 13.9%
2022 15.3% 14.5%
2021 14.4% 14.3%
2020 14.0% 13.7%
2019 14.9% 13.8%
2018 14.6% 13.9%
2017 14.9% 14.2%
2016 14.4% 13.9%
2015 15.8% 14.0%
2014 15.7% 14.0%
2013 14.0% 14.0%
2012 13.2% 13.8%
2011 14.6% 13.7%
2010 12.1% 13.3%
2009 12.7% 13.1%
2008 13.0% 14.3%
2007 – 14.8%
2006 – 14.5%
2005 – 14.1%
2004 – 14.5%
2003 11.3% 14.4%
2002 – 14.6%
2000 11.2% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.3 percentage points from 17.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 15.7%, the figure has changed by −0.5 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 13.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1998 to 2024 for Colombia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics