ColombiaandVenezuela

20 July 1810 · 1811

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 →

Venezuela

1811 — Venezuela declares independence from Spain

Dossier →Chronicle →

Shared indicators
41
Domains
9
Crossed events
4
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

COLVEN
  • GDP
    $457 B2025$100 B2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP per capita
    $8,5622025$3,4952025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP growth
    2.6%20251.6%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Inflation
    5.1%2025254.9%2016
    Observed 2025 / 2016 · figures compared, never graded
  • Trade openness
    35.4%202525.0%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded

Society

COLVEN
  • Population
    53 m202529 m2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Life expectancy
    77.9 yrs202472.7 yrs2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Urban population
    78.8%202589.3%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Fertility rate
    1.620242.12024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Governance

COLVEN

Health

COLVEN
  • Health spending
    8.1%20243.8%2023
    Observed 2024 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Physicians
    2.5420231.662017
    Observed 2023 / 2017 · figures compared, never graded
  • Under-5 mortality
    11.5202424.22024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Measles immunisation
    93.0%202471.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Safe drinking water
    74.3%2024—
    Observed 2024 / — · figures compared, never graded

Education

COLVEN

Technology

COLVEN
  • R&D spending
    0.3%20200.3%2014
    Observed 2020 / 2014 · figures compared, never graded
  • Researchers (per million)
    9020171802023
    Observed 2017 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Internet users
    79.3%202476.7%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mobile subscriptions
    1742024712024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • High-tech exports
    9.0%2024—
    Observed 2024 / — · figures compared, never graded

Geography

COLVEN
  • Land area
    1,109,500 km²2023882,050 km²2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest area
    52.8%202352.2%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Agricultural land
    36.5%202324.4%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • CO₂ per capita (t)
    1.820243.42024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Renewable energy
    29.7%202133.7%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded

Resources

COLVEN
  • Resource rents
    5.3%202111.8%2014
    Observed 2021 / 2014 · figures compared, never graded
  • Oil rents
    3.4%202111.3%2014
    Observed 2021 / 2014 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mineral rents
    0.9%20210.1%2014
    Observed 2021 / 2014 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest rents
    0.1%20210.1%2014
    Observed 2021 / 2014 · figures compared, never graded
  • Electricity access
    98.9%2024100.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Military

COLVEN
  • Military burden
    3.4%20240.5%2023
    Observed 2024 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Defense spending
    $15 B2024$02024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Armed forces
    428,0002020343,0002020
    Observed 2020 / 2020 · figures compared, never graded

Entangled histories

4 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. 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

  4. 1830 CE

    Separation from Gran Colombia

    As Gran Colombia dissolves and Bolivar dies, Jose Antonio Paez leads Venezuela to declare itself a separate republic and becomes its first president.

    Formation · from the Venezuela chronicle · The Cradle of Independence and Simon Bolivar · REFS 2 — Jose Antonio Paez, Venezuela