World Bank · Debt

Colombia: Debt buyback

6.61Bcurrent USD · 2025

Debt buyback is the repurchase by a debtor of its own debt, discounted or at par. In the event of a buyback of long-term debt, the face value of the debt bought back will be recorded as a decline in the long-term debt stock, and the cash amount received by creditors will be recorded as a principal repayment. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Colombia from 2014 to 2025.

20142025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20256,605,962,174.1
2024639,274,000
20231,307,788,000
2022918,575,000
20211,037,046,000
2020130,298,000
2019331,727,000
20140

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Debt buyback. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-debt-buyback (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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