What is political centralization index in Colombia?

Political centralization index in Colombia was 0.109 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.

What is the highest political centralization index recorded in Colombia?

The highest recorded value was 0.744 in 1950.

What is the lowest political centralization index recorded in Colombia?

The lowest recorded value was 0.109 in 2025.

How does Colombia rank for political centralization index?

Colombia ranks 139th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is political centralization index rising or falling in Colombia?

Over the last ten years it is down 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Colombia data come from?

The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Political centralization index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Political centralization index in Colombia

Name: Political centralization index in Colombia
Creator: Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Colombia: Political centralization index was 0.109 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)

0.109

Change on year

down 2.7%

World rank

139th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.744

in 1950

All-time low

0.109

in 2025

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Political centralization index in Colombia, 1789–2025

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2025, political centralization index in Colombia stood at 0.109. That is the lowest value across all 237 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 15.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political centralization index in Colombia peaked at 0.744 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.109, in 2025.

Colombia ranks 139th of 176 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 237 years of available data.

Political centralization index in Colombia, year by year

Annual values for Political centralization index in Colombia, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.675	—
1790	0.675	+0.0%
1791	0.675	+0.0%
1792	0.675	+0.0%
1793	0.675	+0.0%
1794	0.675	+0.0%
1795	0.675	+0.0%
1796	0.675	+0.0%
1797	0.675	+0.0%
1798	0.675	+0.0%
1799	0.675	+0.0%
1800	0.675	+0.0%
1801	0.675	+0.0%
1802	0.675	+0.0%
1803	0.675	+0.0%
1804	0.675	+0.0%
1805	0.675	+0.0%
1806	0.675	+0.0%
1807	0.675	+0.0%
1808	0.675	+0.0%
1809	0.675	+0.0%
1810	0.675	+0.0%
1811	0.675	+0.0%
1812	0.691	+2.4%
1813	0.691	+0.0%
1814	0.691	+0.0%
1815	0.691	+0.0%
1816	0.691	+0.0%
1817	0.691	+0.0%
1818	0.691	+0.0%
1819	0.691	+0.0%
1820	0.718	+3.9%
1821	0.449	-37.5%
1822	0.449	+0.0%
1823	0.449	+0.0%
1824	0.449	+0.0%
1825	0.449	+0.0%
1826	0.449	+0.0%
1827	0.449	+0.0%
1828	0.498	+10.9%
1829	0.52	+4.4%
1830	0.52	+0.0%
1831	0.52	+0.0%
1832	0.419	-19.4%
1833	0.419	+0.0%
1834	0.419	+0.0%
1835	0.419	+0.0%
1836	0.419	+0.0%
1837	0.419	+0.0%
1838	0.419	+0.0%
1839	0.479	+14.3%
1840	0.479	+0.0%
1841	0.479	+0.0%
1842	0.479	+0.0%
1843	0.479	+0.0%
1844	0.427	-10.9%
1845	0.427	+0.0%
1846	0.427	+0.0%
1847	0.427	+0.0%
1848	0.427	+0.0%
1849	0.427	+0.0%
1850	0.427	+0.0%
1851	0.427	+0.0%
1852	0.427	+0.0%
1853	0.427	+0.0%
1854	0.517	+21.1%
1855	0.424	-18.0%
1856	0.424	+0.0%
1857	0.472	+11.3%
1858	0.472	+0.0%
1859	0.555	+17.6%
1860	0.555	+0.0%
1861	0.6	+8.1%
1862	0.6	+0.0%
1863	0.553	-7.8%
1864	0.553	+0.0%
1865	0.553	+0.0%
1866	0.553	+0.0%
1867	0.602	+8.9%
1868	0.568	-5.6%
1869	0.568	+0.0%
1870	0.568	+0.0%
1871	0.568	+0.0%
1872	0.568	+0.0%
1873	0.568	+0.0%
1874	0.568	+0.0%
1875	0.568	+0.0%
1876	0.568	+0.0%
1877	0.568	+0.0%
1878	0.568	+0.0%
1879	0.568	+0.0%
1880	0.568	+0.0%
1881	0.568	+0.0%
1882	0.568	+0.0%
1883	0.568	+0.0%
1884	0.568	+0.0%
1885	0.648	+14.1%
1886	0.578	-10.8%
1887	0.505	-12.6%
1888	0.505	+0.0%
1889	0.505	+0.0%
1890	0.505	+0.0%
1891	0.505	+0.0%
1892	0.505	+0.0%
1893	0.505	+0.0%
1894	0.505	+0.0%
1895	0.505	+0.0%
1896	0.505	+0.0%
1897	0.505	+0.0%
1898	0.505	+0.0%
1899	0.505	+0.0%
1900	0.634	+25.5%
1901	0.634	+0.0%
1902	0.634	+0.0%
1903	0.517	-18.5%
1904	0.559	+8.1%
1905	0.703	+25.8%
1906	0.587	-16.5%
1907	0.587	+0.0%
1908	0.587	+0.0%
1909	0.587	+0.0%
1910	0.479	-18.4%
1911	0.47	-1.9%
1912	0.47	+0.0%
1913	0.47	+0.0%
1914	0.47	+0.0%
1915	0.47	+0.0%
1916	0.47	+0.0%
1917	0.47	+0.0%
1918	0.47	+0.0%
1919	0.47	+0.0%
1920	0.47	+0.0%
1921	0.47	+0.0%
1922	0.47	+0.0%
1923	0.47	+0.0%
1924	0.47	+0.0%
1925	0.47	+0.0%
1926	0.47	+0.0%
1927	0.47	+0.0%
1928	0.47	+0.0%
1929	0.47	+0.0%
1930	0.47	+0.0%
1931	0.47	+0.0%
1932	0.47	+0.0%
1933	0.47	+0.0%
1934	0.47	+0.0%
1935	0.473	+0.6%
1936	0.473	+0.0%
1937	0.472	-0.2%
1938	0.472	+0.0%
1939	0.472	+0.0%
1940	0.472	+0.0%
1941	0.472	+0.0%
1942	0.472	+0.0%
1943	0.472	+0.0%
1944	0.472	+0.0%
1945	0.472	+0.0%
1946	0.472	+0.0%
1947	0.472	+0.0%
1948	0.534	+13.1%
1949	0.658	+23.2%
1950	0.744	+13.1%
1951	0.575	-22.7%
1952	0.575	+0.0%
1953	0.651	+13.2%
1954	0.651	+0.0%
1955	0.651	+0.0%
1956	0.651	+0.0%
1957	0.613	-5.8%
1958	0.465	-24.1%
1959	0.4	-14.0%
1960	0.4	+0.0%
1961	0.4	+0.0%
1962	0.4	+0.0%
1963	0.4	+0.0%
1964	0.394	-1.5%
1965	0.394	+0.0%
1966	0.394	+0.0%
1967	0.394	+0.0%
1968	0.378	-4.1%
1969	0.349	-7.7%
1970	0.315	-9.7%
1971	0.315	+0.0%
1972	0.315	+0.0%
1973	0.315	+0.0%
1974	0.315	+0.0%
1975	0.287	-8.9%
1976	0.275	-4.2%
1977	0.275	+0.0%
1978	0.28	+1.8%
1979	0.296	+5.7%
1980	0.296	+0.0%
1981	0.296	+0.0%
1982	0.262	-11.5%
1983	0.246	-6.1%
1984	0.246	+0.0%
1985	0.246	+0.0%
1986	0.246	+0.0%
1987	0.246	+0.0%
1988	0.246	+0.0%
1989	0.246	+0.0%
1990	0.251	+2.0%
1991	0.132	-47.4%
1992	0.137	+3.8%
1993	0.13	-5.1%
1994	0.131	+0.8%
1995	0.133	+1.5%
1996	0.133	+0.0%
1997	0.13	-2.3%
1998	0.13	+0.0%
1999	0.13	+0.0%
2000	0.13	+0.0%
2001	0.13	+0.0%
2002	0.14	+7.7%
2003	0.14	+0.0%
2004	0.14	+0.0%
2005	0.137	-2.1%
2006	0.133	-2.9%
2007	0.131	-1.5%
2008	0.131	+0.0%
2009	0.131	+0.0%
2010	0.134	+2.3%
2011	0.116	-13.4%
2012	0.115	-0.9%
2013	0.136	+18.3%
2014	0.129	-5.1%
2015	0.129	+0.0%
2016	0.137	+6.2%
2017	0.132	-3.6%
2018	0.137	+3.8%
2019	0.143	+4.4%
2020	0.144	+0.7%
2021	0.15	+4.2%
2022	0.136	-9.3%
2023	0.133	-2.2%
2024	0.112	-15.8%
2025	0.109	-2.7%

Colombia compared with similar countries

Colombia's 0.109 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3495, 31% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Colombia's 0.109 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.236, 46% of the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.675	0.675	0.675	1
1790s	0.675	0.675	0.675	10
1800s	0.675	0.675	0.675	10
1810s	0.6878	0.675	0.691	10
1820s	0.4879	0.449	0.718	10
1830s	0.4452	0.419	0.52	10
1840s	0.4478	0.427	0.479	10
1850s	0.4572	0.424	0.555	10
1860s	0.5705	0.553	0.602	10
1870s	0.568	0.568	0.568	10
1880s	0.5581	0.505	0.648	10
1890s	0.505	0.505	0.505	10
1900s	0.6029	0.517	0.703	10
1910s	0.4709	0.47	0.479	10
1920s	0.47	0.47	0.47	10
1930s	0.4712	0.47	0.473	10
1940s	0.4968	0.472	0.658	10
1950s	0.5976	0.4	0.744	10
1960s	0.3903	0.349	0.4	10
1970s	0.2988	0.275	0.315	10
1980s	0.2576	0.246	0.296	10
1990s	0.1437	0.13	0.251	10
2000s	0.1343	0.13	0.14	10
2010s	0.1308	0.115	0.143	10
2020s	0.1307	0.109	0.15	6

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Frequently asked questions

What is political centralization index in Colombia?: Political centralization index in Colombia was 0.109 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest political centralization index recorded in Colombia?: The highest recorded value was 0.744 in 1950.
What is the lowest political centralization index recorded in Colombia?: The lowest recorded value was 0.109 in 2025.
How does Colombia rank for political centralization index?: Colombia ranks 139th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is political centralization index rising or falling in Colombia?: Over the last ten years it is down 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Colombia data come from?: The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Political centralization index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Political centralization index
Source: Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 29,802 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026