Social indicators[1]
Population: 52.89M
GDP: USD 418.82B
Gini Index: 53.9
Population growth: 1.07 %/year
GDP per capita: USD 7,919 USD
Human Development Index: 0.788
Major disasters[2]
1985 - Nevado del Ruiz volcano eruption
21,800 Deaths
Loss 2.9% GDP
1999 - Eje Cafetero Earthquake
1,186 Deaths
Loss 1.54% GDP
1979 - Tumaco earthquake and tsunami
579 Deaths
Loss 0.48% GDP
Built environment (exposure)[3]
Replacement cost
Replacement cost (USD billions)
Residential
728.8
Commercial
116.3
Industrial
69.8
Total
914.9
Residential (79.7%)
Commercial (12.7%)
Industrial (7.6%)
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Historical loss exceedance curves[4]
General statistics
Catalog period:
1970 - 2018
Total reported losses:
$ 39,904M
Average annual losses:
$ 1,200M
Maximum individual loss:
$ 2,996M
Distribution by disaster type
Hydrological (46.9%)
Climatological (25.6%)
Geophysical (21.9%)
Meteorological (5.6%)
Other (0%)
Historical catalog
Historical Economic Loss Exceedance Curve
Hazard layers[5]
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References
1. World Development Indicators (2024). Washington DC. The World Bank. Available at: https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators 2. EM-DAT: The International Disaster Database EM-DAT. (2008) Available at: https://www.emdat.be/ 3. Country/Territory Seismic Risk Profiles of the GEM Foundation (2023), Available at: https://github.com/gem/risk-profiles/ 4. DesInventar Version 9.20.04 - 2020. Available at https://db.desinventar.org