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Colombia vs Panama

122 shared metrics.

ColombiaLeads in 67

vs122 shared

PanamaLeads in 55

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Colombia

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Colombia.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Colombia is South America's rare two-coast country, touching both Caribbean and Pacific waters.

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Panama

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Panama.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

The Panama Canal lets ships cross between Atlantic and Pacific waters without rounding South America.

Britannica

Analysis

Colombia leads in 67 of 122 shared metrics, while Panama leads in 55.

Colombia's Capital Elevation is 128.1x that of Panama (2.6K m vs 20 m).

Colombia's Railway Length is 26.8x that of Panama (2.1K km vs 77 km).

Colombia's Scientific Publications is 24.8x that of Panama (9.7K vs 376.12).

Colombia's Water Withdrawal is 19.0x that of Panama (24.26 B m³ vs 1.2 B m³).

Colombia's Irrigated Land is 15.5x that of Panama (6.5K km² vs 394 km²).

Key Comparisons

Capital ElevationColombia leads

Colombia

2.6K m

Panama

20 m

Railway LengthColombia leads

Colombia

2.1K km

Panama

77 km

Scientific PublicationsColombia leads

Colombia

9.7K

Panama

376.12

Water WithdrawalColombia leads

Colombia

24.26 B m³

Panama

1.2 B m³

Irrigated LandColombia leads

Colombia

6.5K km²

Panama

394 km²

Armed Forces PersonnelColombia leads

Panama

4.49M kW

369% higher

Comparison of Colombia and Panama across 122 metrics
				Winner
Capital Elevation	2.6K m	20 m	12810% higher	Colombia
Railway Length	2.1K km	77 km	2681% higher	Colombia
Scientific Publications	9.7K	376.12	2475% higher	Colombia
Water Withdrawal	24.26 B m³	1.2 B m³	1903% higher	Colombia
Irrigated Land	6.5K km²	394 km²	1551% higher	Colombia
Armed Forces Personnel	428.0K	28.0K	1429% higher	Colombia
Land Area	1.11M km²	74.2K km²	1396% higher	Colombia
Forest Area	585.4K km²	41.8K km²	1301% higher	Colombia
Domestic Patents	432	35	1134% higher	Colombia
Population	49.84M	4.54M	999% higher	Colombia
Land Border Length	6.7K km	687 km	871% higher	Colombia
All-Time Olympic Medals	38 medals	4.0 medals	850% higher	Colombia
Inflation Rate	6.6%	0.70%	843% higher	Colombia
Airports	662	76	771% higher	Colombia
Total CO2 Emissions	95.08 Mt CO2e	12.37 Mt CO2e	669% higher	Colombia
Electricity Generation	87.51 TWh	12.87 TWh	580% higher	Colombia
High-Tech Exports (%)	9.0%	1.8%	411% higher	Colombia
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	5.0 gold medals	1.0 gold medals	400% higher	Colombia
GDP (Nominal)	$418,818,154,879.27	$86,523,959,131.75	384% higher	Colombia
Electric Generating Capacity	21.05M kW	4.49M kW	369% higher	Colombia
Foreign Patents	1.9K	401	363% higher	Colombia
Air Passengers	42.40M	15.75M	169% higher	Colombia
Border Neighbors	5.0	2.0	150% higher	Colombia
Road Traffic Death Rate	16.2 per 100k	7.3 per 100k	122% higher	Colombia
Tourist Arrivals	1.40M	647.0K	116% higher	Colombia
Homicide Rate	24.91 per 100k	11.71 per 100k	113% higher	Colombia
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.3% of GDP	2.5% of GDP	113% higher	Colombia
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	15.28% of GDP	7.5% of GDP	105% higher	Colombia
Wind Electricity Share	0.17%	7.2%	98% lower	Panama
Merchant Fleet Size	153	8.2K	98% lower	Panama
Government Debt (% GDP)	71.48% of GDP	37.4% of GDP	91% higher	Colombia
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	1.4 per 1M people	13.89 per 1M people	90% lower	Panama
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.29% of GDP	0.16% of GDP	83% higher	Colombia
Tobacco Use Prevalence	8.3% of adults	4.7% of adults	77% higher	Colombia
Coal Electricity Share	6.1%	3.7%	65% higher	Colombia
Highest Elevation	5.7K m	3.5K m	65% higher	Colombia
Exports (% GDP)	16.1% of GDP	44.36% of GDP	64% lower	Panama
Health Spending Per Capita	$534.44	$1,472.05	64% lower	Panama
GNI Per Capita	$7,040	$18,010	61% lower	Panama
Nurses & Midwives	1.4 per 1k	3.8 per 1k	61% lower	Panama
Smoking Rate	8.2%	5.2%	58% higher	Colombia
Doctors (per 1,000)	2.5 per 1k	1.6 per 1k	56% higher	Colombia
Milk Consumption per Person	108.47 kg/person/yr	70.29 kg/person/yr	54% higher	Colombia
Suicide Rate	5.0 per 100k	3.3 per 100k	51% higher	Colombia
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	15 days/yr	30 days/yr	50% lower	Panama
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	9.0 sites	6.0 sites	50% higher	Colombia
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$21,508.78	$41,369.42	48% lower	Panama
Shipping Traffic	4.48M	8.52M	47% lower	Panama
Imports (% GDP)	20.93% of GDP	39.32% of GDP	47% lower	Panama
Unemployment Rate	9.6%	6.5%	47% higher	Colombia
Protected Land (%)	17%	31.4%	46% lower	Panama
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	38.96 per 100k	72.6 per 100k	46% lower	Panama
GDP Growth Rate	1.6%	2.7%	42% lower	Panama
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	1.6K kWh/person	2.5K kWh/person	39% lower	Panama
CO2 Per Capita	1.8 t/person/yr	2.8 t/person/yr	38% lower	Panama
Insufficient Physical Activity	34.02% of adults	54.63% of adults	38% lower	Panama
Women in Parliament (%)	29.41%	21.43%	37% higher	Colombia
Seafood Consumption per Person	8.9 kg/person/yr	13.74 kg/person/yr	35% lower	Panama
Obesity Rate	23.85%	36.08%	34% lower	Panama
Credit Card Ownership	8.7% of adults	12.72% of adults	32% lower	Panama
Solar Electricity Share	5.1%	7.4%	31% lower	Panama
Coastline Length	3.2K km	2.5K km	29% higher	Colombia
Water Stress (%)	1.1%	0.89%	28% higher	Colombia
Death Rate	7.0 per 1k	5.5 per 1k	27% higher	Colombia
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.30 per 100k people	0.24 per 100k people	26% higher	Colombia
Agricultural Land (%)	36.49%	29.52%	24% higher	Colombia
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	14.18 µg/m³	11.47 µg/m³	24% higher	Colombia
Population Density	47.16 /km²	60.11 /km²	22% lower	Panama
Beer Consumption	2.8 L/person/yr	3.5 L/person/yr	20% lower	Panama
Political Corruption Index	0.39	0.48	20% lower	Panama
Spirits Consumption	0.63 L/person/yr	0.78 L/person/yr	19% lower	Panama
Average Weekly Work Hours	42.77 hrs/week	36.01 hrs/week	19% higher	Colombia
Energy Use (Per Capita)	862.63 kg oil eq/person	1.1K kg oil eq/person	19% lower	Panama
Youth Population (%)	20.27%	24.89%	19% lower	Panama
Urban Population (%)	78.52%	66%	19% higher	Colombia
Dependency Ratio	42.96% of working-age pop.	52.09% of working-age pop.	18% lower	Panama
Fertility Rate	1.9 children/woman	2.3 children/woman	17% lower	Panama
Electricity Carbon Intensity	186.81 gCO2/kWh	221.15 gCO2/kWh	16% lower	Panama
Meat Consumption per Person	55.91 kg/person/yr	65.02 kg/person/yr	14% lower	Panama
Hypertension Prevalence	31% of adults	36.1% of adults	14% lower	Panama
Birth Rate	14.73 per 1k	17.11 per 1k	14% lower	Panama
Food Waste per Person	136.97 kg/person/yr	158.59 kg/person/yr	14% lower	Panama
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.3% of GDP	3.7% of GDP	13% lower	Panama
Corruption Perceptions Index	37 pts	33 pts	12% higher	Colombia
Vehicles per 1,000 People	280.03 per 1k people	319.82 per 1k people	12% lower	Panama
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	174 per 100 people	157 per 100 people	11% higher	Colombia
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.7 per 1k	1.9 per 1k	11% lower	Panama
Youth Unemployment Rate	17.65% of youth labor force	19.77% of youth labor force	11% lower	Panama
University Enrollment Rate	59.29%	53.7%	10% higher	Colombia
Child Mortality	12 per 1k births	13.3 per 1k births	10% lower	Panama
Alcohol Consumption	4.2 L/adult/yr	4.7 L/adult/yr	9% lower	Panama
Women in Senior Management	41.9% of managers	46.05% of managers	9% lower	Panama
Health Spending (% GDP)	7.7% of GDP	8.5% of GDP	9% lower	Panama
Inequality (Gini)	53.9	49.7	8% higher	Colombia
Sanitation Access (%)	96.58%	89.05%	8% higher	Colombia
Life Evaluation Score	6.0 pts	6.5 pts	8% lower	Panama
Median Age	31.6 years	29.6 years	7% higher	Colombia
Electoral Democracy Index	0.68	0.73	7% lower	Panama
Human Development Index	0.79	0.84	6% lower	Panama
Forest Coverage (%)	52.77%	56.34%	6% lower	Panama
Renewable Energy (%)	29.7%	28%	6% higher	Colombia
Broadband Access (%)	17 per 100 people	18 per 100 people	6% lower	Panama
Tourism Revenue	$1,959,000,000	$1,841,000,000	6% higher	Colombia
Women's Political Empowerment	0.78	0.74	5% higher	Colombia
Elderly Population (%)	9.8%	9.4%	5% higher	Colombia
Digital Payments Used	49.23% of adults	52.08% of adults	5% lower	Panama
Informal Employment Share	56.01% of employed people	58.69% of employed people	5% lower	Panama
Teen Birth Rate	59.47 per 1k	57.34 per 1k	4% higher	Colombia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.56	0.57	3% lower	Panama
Infant Mortality	10.9 per 1k births	10.6 per 1k births	3% higher	Colombia
Mobile Money Accounts	39.15% of adults	38.05% of adults	3% higher	Colombia
Can Raise Emergency Money	87.24% of adults	84.87% of adults	3% higher	Colombia
Electricity Access (%)	98.7%	97%	2% higher	Colombia
Life Expectancy	77.7 years	79.6 years	2% lower	Panama
Internet Users (%)	77%	78%	1% lower	Panama
Adult Literacy Rate	95.34%	96.26%	1% lower	Panama
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Colombia
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.04 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Colombia
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Colombia
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Colombia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.81	0.81	equal	Panama
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-2.4% of GDP	0.30% of GDP	ranked lower	Panama

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Analysis

Colombia leads in 67 of 122 shared metrics, while Panama leads in 55.

Colombia's Capital Elevation is 128.1x that of Panama (2.6K m vs 20 m).

Colombia's Railway Length is 26.8x that of Panama (2.1K km vs 77 km).

Colombia's Scientific Publications is 24.8x that of Panama (9.7K vs 376.12).

Colombia's Water Withdrawal is 19.0x that of Panama (24.26 B m³ vs 1.2 B m³).

Colombia's Irrigated Land is 15.5x that of Panama (6.5K km² vs 394 km²).

Key Comparisons

Capital ElevationColombia leads

Colombia

2.6K m

Panama

20 m

Railway LengthColombia leads

Colombia

2.1K km

Panama

77 km

Scientific PublicationsColombia leads

Colombia

9.7K

Panama

376.12

Water WithdrawalColombia leads

Colombia

24.26 B m³

Panama

1.2 B m³

Irrigated LandColombia leads

Colombia

6.5K km²

Panama

394 km²

Armed Forces PersonnelColombia leads

Colombia

428.0K

Panama

28.0K

Capital Elevation

2.6K m

20 m

Railway Length

2.1K km

77 km

Scientific Publications

9.7K

376.12

Water Withdrawal

24.26 B m³

1.2 B m³

Irrigated Land

6.5K km²

394 km²

Armed Forces Personnel

428.0K

28.0K

Land Area

1.11M km²

74.2K km²

Forest Area

585.4K km²

41.8K km²

Domestic Patents

432

Population

49.84M

4.54M

Land Border Length

6.7K km

687 km

All-Time Olympic Medals

38 medals

4.0 medals

Inflation Rate

6.6%

0.70%

Airports

662

Total CO2 Emissions

95.08 Mt CO2e

12.37 Mt CO2e

Electricity Generation

87.51 TWh

12.87 TWh

High-Tech Exports (%)

9.0%

1.8%

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

5.0 gold medals

1.0 gold medals

GDP (Nominal)

$418,818,154,879.27

$86,523,959,131.75

Electric Generating Capacity

21.05M kW

4.49M kW

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Capital Elevation

Railway Length

Scientific Publications

Water Withdrawal

Irrigated Land

Armed Forces Personnel

Land Area

Forest Area

Domestic Patents

Population

Land Border Length

All-Time Olympic Medals

Inflation Rate

Airports

Total CO2 Emissions

Electricity Generation

High-Tech Exports (%)

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

GDP (Nominal)

Electric Generating Capacity

Foreign Patents

Air Passengers

Border Neighbors

Road Traffic Death Rate

Tourist Arrivals

Homicide Rate

Education Spending (% GDP)

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Wind Electricity Share

Merchant Fleet Size

Government Debt (% GDP)

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Coal Electricity Share

Highest Elevation

Exports (% GDP)

Health Spending Per Capita

GNI Per Capita

Nurses & Midwives

Smoking Rate

Doctors (per 1,000)

Milk Consumption per Person

Suicide Rate

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Shipping Traffic

Imports (% GDP)

Unemployment Rate

Protected Land (%)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

GDP Growth Rate

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

CO2 Per Capita

Insufficient Physical Activity

Women in Parliament (%)

Seafood Consumption per Person

Obesity Rate

Credit Card Ownership

Solar Electricity Share

Coastline Length

Water Stress (%)

Death Rate

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Agricultural Land (%)

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Population Density

Beer Consumption

Political Corruption Index

Spirits Consumption

Average Weekly Work Hours