World Bank · Debt
Colombia: Net transfers on external debt, total
16.49Bcurrent USD · 2025+358.2% since 2015
Net transfers on external debt are net flows minus interest payments during the year; negative transfers show net transfers made by the borrower to the creditor during the year. 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 1970 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16,491,368,299.9 | |
| 2024 | -10,852,478,513 | |
| 2023 | 2,783,190,592.8 | |
| 2022 | 4,465,525,567.9 | |
| 2021 | 5,416,580,832.2 | |
| 2020 | 9,997,542,889.2 | |
| 2019 | -3,510,663,749.9 | |
| 2018 | -255,112,351.4 | |
| 2017 | 491,028,892.8 | |
| 2016 | 8,870,332,699.6 | |
| 2015 | 3,598,859,662.3 | |
| 2014 | 12,382,416,378 | |
| 2013 | 14,340,801,167.4 | |
| 2012 | 2,394,402,175.2 | |
| 2011 | 11,648,413,350.1 | |
| 2010 | 8,137,879,450.4 | |
| 2009 | 2,338,041,747.6 | |
| 2008 | -1,583,918,558.3 | |
| 2007 | 1,367,201,952.7 | |
| 2006 | -1,428,783,911.4 | |
| 2005 | -3,169,950,528.1 | |
| 2004 | -1,408,718,989.2 | |
| 2003 | -1,788,826,666.8 | |
| 2002 | -3,133,145,913.8 | |
| 2001 | 121,237,454.2 | |
| 2000 | -2,400,225,122 | |
| 1999 | -1,491,054,237.8 | |
| 1998 | -1,135,677,637.4 | |
| 1997 | 1,630,560,574.9 | |
| 1996 | 2,369,379,752.1 | |
| 1995 | 918,620,585.3 | |
| 1994 | 973,840,321.7 | |
| 1993 | 477,243,346.3 | |
| 1992 | -903,343,041.3 | |
| 1991 | -1,667,187,406.2 | |
| 1990 | -2,092,264,148.9 | |
| 1989 | -1,686,204,875 | |
| 1988 | -983,025,556.6 | |
| 1987 | -1,462,967,282.9 | |
| 1986 | -1,053,462,740.4 | |
| 1985 | 300,625,829 | |
| 1984 | 41,773,146.5 | |
| 1983 | 207,409,639.3 | |
| 1982 | 519,135,869.1 | |
| 1981 | 1,106,763,293.5 | |
| 1980 | 448,423,061.8 | |
| 1979 | 509,377,211 | |
| 1978 | -184,798,586.6 | |
| 1977 | 927,370,155.5 | |
| 1976 | 39,276,790.1 | |
| 1975 | 306,711,724.4 | |
| 1974 | 42,390,308.1 | |
| 1973 | 195,626,204.7 | |
| 1972 | 237,886,190 | |
| 1971 | 210,467,989.6 | |
| 1970 | 699,309,703.8 |
Source
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- North Macedonia
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- Peru
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- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
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- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
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- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
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