agricultural products, food products, oil products, chemical products, plastics and rubber, skins and leather, wood and cork, wood pulp and paper, textile materials, clothing, footwear, minerals and mineral products, base metals, machinery and tools, vehicles and other transport material, and optical and precision
External Debt
$68,760,000,000 $
$548,300,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Colombian pesos (COP) per US dollar - 2,302.9 (2008 est.), 2,013.8 (2007), 2,358.6 (2006), 2,320.75 (2005), 2,628.61 (2004)
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
3.400%
2.300%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
2
2
Location
Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama
Southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Spain
Area
1,138,910 km sq
92,090 km sq
Coastline
3,208 km
1,793 km
Climate
tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands
maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south
