Colombia
Republic of Colombia
- Capital
- Bogotá
- Region
- South America
- Population, 2025
- 53 million
- Currency
- COP
- Area
- 1,141,748 km²
Across Colombia's 20 priced cities, one person needs about $1,354 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $664.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
59out of 100
- Purchasing power25%43
- Safety20%39
- Health care15%69
- Climate10%82
- Air quality10%84
- Connectivity10%82
- Cost10%51
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #74
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
42.4
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
15.7
New York = 100
Purchasing power
68.0
New York = 100
One person
$1,354
A month, rent included
Net salary
$664
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$718
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$8,562
2025
Growth
+2.6%
2025
Unemployment
8.3%
2025
Inflation
5.1%
2025
Life expectancy
77.9 years
2024
Internet users
79%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 39%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 35%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 19%
- SourcePwC
- Capital gains, individuals
- 10%
- SourceWikipedia
- Social security, employee
- 10%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 20.5%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 38.7
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 61.3
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 24.9
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #28 worldwide
- 231
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #83 worldwide
- 45
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +20%
Cities in Colombia
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Popayan | 65 | — | — | — | — | 318.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 2Tunja | 65 | 37.8 | $288 | — | — | 172.5K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 3Palmira | 65 | — | — | — | — | 312.5K | Low confidence |
| 4Cartago | 65 | 38.1 | — | — | — | 135K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 5Neiva | 65 | 40.9 | — | — | — | 357.4K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 6Guadalajara de Buga | 65 | — | — | — | — | 114.3K | Low confidence |
| 7Manizales | 65 | 38.4 | — | $1,208 | 148.5 | 434.4K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 8Buenaventura | 64 | — | — | — | — | 432.4K | Low confidence |
| 9San Juan de Pasto | 64 | — | — | — | — | 392.9K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 10Floridablanca | 64 | 38.2 | — | — | — | 267.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 11Tuluá | 64 | — | — | — | — | 221.7K | Low confidence |
| 12Piedecuesta | 64 | — | — | — | — | 163.4K | Low confidence |
| 13Pitalito | 64 | — | — | — | — | 135.7K | Low confidence |
| 14Ibague | 63 | 34.9 | $158 | $633 | 105.9 | 529.6K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 15Valledupar | 63 | — | — | — | — | 490.1K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 16Zipaquirá | 63 | — | — | — | — | 130.4K | Low confidence |
| 17Ocaña | 63 | — | — | — | — | 101.2K | Low confidence |
| 18Villavicencio | 63 | 40.5 | — | — | — | 321.7K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 19Buenaventura | 63 | — | — | — | — | 240.4K | Low confidence |
| 20Sogamoso | 63 | — | — | — | — | 111.3K | Low confidence |
| 21Girón | 63 | — | — | — | — | 108.5K | Low confidence |
| 22Bello | 62 | 42.0 | — | — | — | 392.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 23Yopal | 62 | — | — | — | — | 168.4K | Low confidence |
| 24Maicao | 62 | 43.7 | — | — | — | 166.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 25Soacha | 62 | — | — | — | — | 655K | Low confidence |
| 26Cucuta | 62 | — | $287 | — | — | 777.1K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 27Rionegro | 62 | — | — | — | — | 128.2K | Low confidence |
| 28Montería | 62 | — | — | — | — | 490.9K | Low confidence |
| 29Riohacha | 61 | — | — | — | — | 188K | Low confidence |
| 30Kennedy | 61 | — | — | — | — | 979.9K | Low confidence |
| 31Facatativá | 61 | — | — | — | — | 141.8K | Low confidence |
| 32Dosquebradas | 61 | — | — | — | — | 206.7K | Low confidence |
| 33Barrancabermeja | 61 | — | — | — | — | 191.4K | Low confidence |
| 34Florencia | 61 | — | — | — | — | 168.3K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 35Magangué | 61 | — | — | — | — | 124K | Low confidence |
| 36Sincelejo | 60 | — | — | — | — | 277.8K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 37Madrid | 60 | — | — | — | — | 135K | Low confidence |
| 38Mosquera | 60 | — | — | — | — | 128K | Low confidence |
| 39Funza | 60 | — | — | — | — | 116.9K | Low confidence |
| 40Envigado | 59 | — | — | — | — | 163K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 41Chía | 59 | — | — | — | — | 124.3K | Low confidence |
| 42Itagüí | 59 | — | — | — | — | 281.9K | Low confidence |
| 43Medellin | 59 | 45.8 | $1,056 | $664 | 43.5 | 2M | High confidence, 52 contributors |
| 44Sabanalarga | 59 | — | — | — | — | 102.3K | Low confidence |
| 45Soledad | 59 | — | — | — | — | 342.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 46Malambo | 59 | — | — | — | — | 129.1K | Low confidence |
| 47Girardot City | 59 | — | — | — | — | 107.3K | Low confidence |
| 48Cartagena | 58 | — | $1,065 | $476 | — | 914.6K | Medium confidence, 16 contributors |
| 49Bucaramanga | 57 | 41.1 | $471 | $582 | 61.1 | 581.1K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 50Quibdó | 57 | — | — | — | — | 129.2K | Low confidence |
| 51Bogota | 57 | 42.4 | $718 | $805 | 68.0 | 7.7M | High confidence, 109 contributors |
| 52Cali | 56 | 37.5 | $650 | $585 | 55.1 | 2.4M | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 53Armenia | 56 | 38.0 | $569 | $519 | 52.0 | 304.3K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 54Pereira | 54 | 41.5 | $658 | $575 | 51.3 | 467.3K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 55Duitama | 54 | 38.2 | — | — | — | 92K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 56San Pedro de los Milagros | 53 | 42.0 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 57Santa Marta | 51 | 37.5 | $1,107 | $538 | 36.8 | 499.2K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 58San Andres | 50 | — | — | $538 | — | 58.3K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 59Barranquilla | 49 | 45.9 | $801 | $520 | 39.9 | 1.2M | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 60Leticia | 49 | 42.8 | $268 | $409 | 51.4 | 48.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |