ColombiaandEcuador

20 July 1810 · 1830

Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.

Colombia

20 July 1810 — The war of independence begins at Bogotá

Dossier →Chronicle →

Ecuador

1830 — Ecuador withdraws from the Colombian federation as a separate state

Dossier →Chronicle →

Shared indicators
43
Domains
9
Crossed events
5
Data through
2026-08-22

The figures, side by side

Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.

Economy

COLECU
  • GDP
    $457 B2025$130 B2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP per capita
    $8,5622025$7,1252025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP growth
    2.6%20253.7%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Inflation
    5.1%20250.7%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Trade openness
    35.4%202559.4%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded

Society

COLECU
  • Population
    53 m202518 m2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Life expectancy
    77.9 yrs202477.6 yrs2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Urban population
    78.8%202563.4%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Fertility rate
    1.620241.82024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Governance

COLECU

Health

COLECU
  • Health spending
    8.1%20247.6%2023
    Observed 2024 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Physicians
    2.5420232.312020
    Observed 2023 / 2020 · figures compared, never graded
  • Under-5 mortality
    11.5202412.92024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Measles immunisation
    93.0%202474.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Safe drinking water
    74.3%202469.9%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Education

COLECU

Technology

COLECU
  • R&D spending
    0.3%20200.4%2014
    Observed 2020 / 2014 · figures compared, never graded
  • Researchers (per million)
    9020174002014
    Observed 2017 / 2014 · figures compared, never graded
  • Internet users
    79.3%202477.2%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mobile subscriptions
    17420241022024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • High-tech exports
    9.0%202410.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Geography

COLECU
  • Land area
    1,109,500 km²2023248,360 km²2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest area
    52.8%202349.5%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Agricultural land
    36.5%202321.5%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • CO₂ per capita (t)
    1.820242.62024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Renewable energy
    29.7%202118.9%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded

Resources

COLECU
  • Resource rents
    5.3%20216.7%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Oil rents
    3.4%20216.4%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mineral rents
    0.9%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest rents
    0.1%20210.3%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Electricity access
    98.9%202498.5%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Military

COLECU
  • Military burden
    3.4%20242.2%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Defense spending
    $15 B2024$2.7 B2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Armed forces
    428,000202042,0002020
    Observed 2020 / 2020 · figures compared, never graded

Entangled histories

5 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

  1. 1717, restored 1739

    Viceroyalty of New Granada

    Spain governs the territory through the Viceroyalty of New Granada, capital Bogota, encompassing modern Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

    Politics & Power · from the Colombia chronicle · Conquest and the Viceroyalty of New Granada · REFS 1 — Viceroyalty of New Granada

  2. 1821 CE

    Congress of Cucuta

    The republic of Gran Colombia is formally organised, uniting New Granada, Venezuela, and Ecuador under Bolivar's presidency.

    Politics & Power · from the Colombia chronicle · Independence and Gran Colombia · REFS 1 — Gran Colombia

  3. 1822-1830

    Union with Gran Colombia

    Liberated Quito joins Simon Bolivar's Republic of Gran Colombia alongside Venezuela and New Granada until the union breaks apart.

    Politics & Power · from the Ecuador chronicle · The Light of America: Independence and the Republic · REFS 2 — Gran Colombia, Simon Bolivar

  4. 1830 CE

    Breakup of Gran Colombia

    Venezuela and Ecuador secede and Bolivar dies near Santa Marta; the union dissolves, leaving New Granada as a separate state.

    Politics & Power · from the Colombia chronicle · Independence and Gran Colombia · REFS 2 — Gran Colombia, Simon Bolivar

  5. 13 May 1830

    Republic of Ecuador founded

    An assembly in Quito separates the southern district from Gran Colombia and founds the Republic of Ecuador, with Juan Jose Flores as first president.

    Formation · from the Ecuador chronicle · The Light of America: Independence and the Republic · REFS 2 — History of Ecuador, Gran Colombia