A short guide to Colombian macro data
Interested in activity, prices, monetary, fiscal, external sector, and financial data for Colombia? There are loads of datasets, see for example this Repository which has oficial statistics from the country. If you are looking for data about Colombia you'll probably find it here. However, this short guide will help you find the basic "must-see" datasets.
Colombia Country Profile Dashboard
The starting point is our Colombia Macro Dashboard, a fully automatized Dashboard presenting up-to-date data. You can catch a glimpse and get a broad idea of the latest developments.
The Charts are fully integrated with our datasets, so if you want to replicate any of them, you can download the source Dataset, or just click the button “Clone Chart” to reproduce the Chart inside our Platform.
The main sources for the data used on this Dashboard come from the Colombian Central Bank (BanRep), the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) and Colombia's National Department of Tresaury (MHCP). The data is fully integrated with our database which means once the sources release the data, our database will be instantaneously updated on our platform.
Our Dashboard contains five sections: Activity, Prices, Money and Banking, Fiscal, External Sector and Financial.
Activity
To track the economic activity of the Colombian Economy, you can monitor the evolution of GDP, Industrial Production, Employment and Wages.
- Quarterly Gross Domestic Product
- Monthly Gross Domestic Product
- Industrial Production
- Employment
- Nominal and Real Wages
From the published data you will be able to combine, transform, and create your own variables or indicators as well. For example, one user calculated the contributions of each component of demand-side GDP (Private Consumption, Investment, Government Expenditures, Imports, and Exports) here.
Prices
For prices and inflation, you can track the main inflation metrics for Colombia, such as the Core and Headline Inflation, and its groups in this Dataset.
For the highest level of desagregation you can check DANE's Consumer Price Index - 7 digits and for other measurments there is this Dataset.
Money and Banking
Money and banking data tracks variables, such as the Monetary Aggregates and Interest rates. If you are curious about the Interest Rates in Colombia, check it out this Dataset. Other relevant information is:
Fiscal
The Fiscal data tracks the evolution of the Fiscal Accounts and the Debt of Colombia. Check it out on the following datasets:
- Central Government Fiscal Balance
- Fiscal Result
- Gross Debt of the Non-financial Public Sector
- Central National Government Debt
External Sector
In the External Sector Section you can track variables such as Trade Balance, Exchanges Rates and Balance of Payments:
Financial
Finally, for Financial Data you can find information about Colombia's Risk Premium and ETF. Beyond Colombia, we have a comprehensive dataset covering the Risk Premium for multiple countries, take a look here and another one of ETFs.
If you want to further explore Colombia's Data you can click here and filter the categories you are interested in. Also, you can find datasets which compile information of several countries, such as OECD or BIS.
