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South AmericaColombia
Capital Bogotá · Median age 32
2 mobility routesPath to citizenshipZero-presence routeTropical
The practical read for Americans weighing life in Colombia: what the catalog knows about daily-life signals, costs, residency routes, and source freshness — with honest gaps where we have not sourced it yet.
Practical snapshot
Cost of living74
Healthcare66
Safety46
Climate resilience31
2 mobility routes
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Colombia in eight lenses
Every lens is a live, normalized signal (0–100, higher is better). Absent indicators show as Unknown — never guessed.
Cost & taxes
71 · StrongCost of living74
Tax burden68
Healthcare
66 · MixedHealthcare66
Safety & crime
67 · StrongSafety46
Low crime88
Climate
31 · WeakerClimate resilience31
Language & integration
69 · StrongEnglish proficiency74
Migrant acceptance64
Freedom & rights
60 · MixedRule of law53
Political stability19
Low corruption44
Personal freedom76
Freedom of speech70
Property rights46
LGBTQ+ acceptance75
Reproductive rights100
Economy & work
47 · MixedEconomic freedom76
Competitiveness47
Innovation43
Startup ecosystem3
Job market7
Prosperity69
Ease of doing business81
Quality of life
63 · MixedLiveability62
Happiness78
Life satisfaction78
Work–life balance60
Internet speed47
Education69
Low traffic45
Fit summary
Where this country is strong, and where to look closer
Strengths
- Reproductive rights100
- Low crime88
- Ease of doing business81
- Happiness78
Look closer
- Startup ecosystem3
- Job market7
- Political stability19
- Climate resilience31
Country facts
The structured record
Facts imported for this country. Blank fields render as Unknown.
- Average Bedtime
- 1899-12-30
- Average Time In Bed
- 413 minutes
- Average Time In Bed Hours
- 6 hours 53 minutes
- Average Wakeup Time
- 1899-12-30
- Avg Precipitation
- 3240 mm
- Avg Temperature
- 25.00°C (77.00°F)
- Beer Consumption
- 61.05 liters_per_capita_year
- Best Time To Travel
- December-March
- Books Read Per Year
- 6.28
- Borders
- Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
- Citizenship By Birth
- Yes
- Citizenship By Descent
- Yes
- Citizenship By Marriage
- 5 years
- Climate
- Tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands
- Climate Category
- Hot & Humid
- Coffee Consumption
- 1.37 liters_per_capita_year
- Consulate Locations In The Us
- Atlanta,Boston,Chicago,Houston,Los Angeles,Miami,New York,San Francisco
- Country Code
- +57
- Country Intro Blurb
- Home to the Atacama Desert the driest place on Earth where rain is a once-in-a-lifetime event
- Country Motto
- Libertad y orden ("Freedom and order")
- Crypto Currency Status
- Legal to use/Undefined
- Currency
- Colombian Peso (COP)
- Date Format
- DMY
- Distance From New York City
- 4000 km
- Driving Side
- Right-hand traffic
- Dual Citizenship
- Yes
- Economy
- Oil, mining, agriculture, manufacturing
- Famous Dance
- Cueca
- Famous Festival
- Fiestas Patrias
- Famous Music
- Cueca
- Fertility Rate
- 1.645
- Funny Fact
- Home to the world's largest swimming pool
- Gambling Legislation
- Regulated
- Haiku
- Andes touch the sky / Atacama sands stretch far / Easter Island waits
- Handgun Legislation
- Restricted
- Humidity
- 75
- Hype Video
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Zr31eEaR4
- Independence Day
- July 20, 1810
- Interesting Fact
- Home to the Atacama Desert the driest place on Earth where rain is a once-in-a-lifetime event
- Interesting Tradition
- Celebrates Tapati Festival on Easter Island with traditional Rapa Nui competitions
- Language
- Spanish
- Life Expectancy
- 77,7
- Mandatory Military Service
- Infrequent
- Mcdonalds In Country
- 300
- Medical Cannabis Legislation
- Legal
- Migration Rate
- 2.953 per_1000_population
- Most Popular Pet
- Dogs
- National Animal
- Huemul
- National Anthem
- Himno Nacional de la República de Colombia
- National Anthem Audio
- https://nationalanthems.info/co.mp3
- National Dish
- Pastel de choclo
- National Pastime Or Sport
- Football (Soccer)
- Nobel Prizes
- 2
- Number Of Americans Living In Country
- 20810
- Number Of Migrants
- 154.521 thousands
- Obesity Rate
- 0.22
- Passport Validity
- 10 years
- Percentage Of Vegetarian
- 0.06
- Population
- 52048000
- Quintessential Souvenir
- Lapis lazuli jewelry
- Quirky Tradition
- Celebrates "La Tirana" a religious festival with colorful costumes and dance
- Rainless Days Per Year
- 231
- Representative Novel
- The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (Multigenerational saga set in Chile)
- Reproduction Rate
- 0.789
- Residency For Naturalization
- 5
- Same Sex Marriage Legislation
- Legal
- Spicy Food Consumption
- 4
- Strangest Law Still On The Books
- Illegal to urinate in the sea
- Tallest Building
- Gran Torre Costanera (300 mt)
- Tea Consumption
- 1.28 liters_per_capita_year
- Time Zone
- GMT-5
- Tobacco Use Female
- 0.068
- Tobacco Use Male
- 0.11199999999999999
- Total World Heritage Sites
- 9
- Us Emigrants 1990
- 13478
- Us Emigrants 1995
- 14273
- Us Emigrants 2000
- 15068
- Us Emigrants 2005
- 15039
- Us Emigrants 2010
- 16977
- Us Emigrants 2015
- 18963
- Us Emigrants 2020
- 20810
- Visitors Per Year
- 4.5 millions
- Voting Status
- Universal
- Weirdest Local Superstition
- Walking under a ladder is bad luck
- Wine Consumption
- 18.93 liters_per_capita_year
Daily life & the American lens
What Tuesday actually feels like
Lived-experience narrative, English-comfort layers, and community voices.
Not yet sourced
Daily-life rhythm, the American-lens friction points, and community voices for Colombia come from verified field research and practitioner communities. That editorial layer is not committed to the Product Engine catalog yet, so we are not inventing it here.
Sources & freshness
Where this page comes from
Real provenance for the live figures above: named sources, verification status, and recent regulatory changes.
Verified data points
0Stale
0Unverified
119| Source | Confidence | Status | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATO Institute | — | unverified | — |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | — | unverified | — |
| CitizensOS Destination Facts — Country DB (Primary workbook) | — | unverified | — |
| EF Set | — | unverified | — |
| Equaldex | — | unverified | — |
| Freedom House | — | unverified | — |
| Gallup | — | unverified | — |
| Germanwatch | — | unverified | — |
| Global Life-Work Balance Index | — | unverified | — |
| Heritage Foundation | — | unverified | — |
| IMD | — | unverified | — |
| Legatum | — | unverified | — |
| Numbeo | — | unverified | — |
| Ookla | — | unverified | — |
| Our World in Data | — | unverified | — |
| StartUp Blink | — | unverified | — |
| The Economist | — | unverified | — |
| The Lancet | — | unverified | — |
| Transparency International | — | unverified | — |
| US News | — | unverified | — |
| World Bank | — | unverified | — |
| World Happiness Report | — | unverified | — |
| World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | — | unverified | — |
| World Justice Report | — | unverified | — |
| World Population Review | — | unverified | — |
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