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Political Civil Liberties Index in Colombia

Colombia: Political Civil Liberties Index was 0.842 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
0.842
Change on year
down 2.0%
World rank
66th
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.898
in 2016
All-time low
0.198
in 1953
Years of data
237
1789–2025

Political Civil Liberties Index in Colombia, 1789–2025

0.20.40.60.8178919072025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

Colombia recorded 0.842 for political civil liberties index in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political civil liberties index in Colombia peaked at 0.898 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.198, in 1953.

Colombia ranks 66th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Political Civil Liberties Index in Colombia, year by year

Year Value Change
1789 0.252 —
1790 0.252 +0.0%
1791 0.252 +0.0%
1792 0.252 +0.0%
1793 0.252 +0.0%
1794 0.252 +0.0%
1795 0.252 +0.0%
1796 0.252 +0.0%
1797 0.252 +0.0%
1798 0.252 +0.0%
1799 0.252 +0.0%
1800 0.252 +0.0%
1801 0.252 +0.0%
1802 0.252 +0.0%
1803 0.252 +0.0%
1804 0.252 +0.0%
1805 0.252 +0.0%
1806 0.252 +0.0%
1807 0.252 +0.0%
1808 0.252 +0.0%
1809 0.252 +0.0%
1810 0.355 +40.9%
1811 0.355 +0.0%
1812 0.355 +0.0%
1813 0.355 +0.0%
1814 0.355 +0.0%
1815 0.316 -11.0%
1816 0.281 -11.1%
1817 0.281 +0.0%
1818 0.281 +0.0%
1819 0.281 +0.0%
1820 0.376 +33.8%
1821 0.409 +8.8%
1822 0.409 +0.0%
1823 0.409 +0.0%
1824 0.409 +0.0%
1825 0.409 +0.0%
1826 0.409 +0.0%
1827 0.409 +0.0%
1828 0.338 -17.4%
1829 0.286 -15.4%
1830 0.355 +24.1%
1831 0.355 +0.0%
1832 0.492 +38.6%
1833 0.492 +0.0%
1834 0.492 +0.0%
1835 0.492 +0.0%
1836 0.513 +4.3%
1837 0.513 +0.0%
1838 0.513 +0.0%
1839 0.513 +0.0%
1840 0.489 -4.7%
1841 0.489 +0.0%
1842 0.489 +0.0%
1843 0.508 +3.9%
1844 0.508 +0.0%
1845 0.508 +0.0%
1846 0.508 +0.0%
1847 0.508 +0.0%
1848 0.508 +0.0%
1849 0.613 +20.7%
1850 0.613 +0.0%
1851 0.638 +4.1%
1852 0.638 +0.0%
1853 0.638 +0.0%
1854 0.638 +0.0%
1855 0.608 -4.7%
1856 0.608 +0.0%
1857 0.608 +0.0%
1858 0.608 +0.0%
1859 0.608 +0.0%
1860 0.608 +0.0%
1861 0.608 +0.0%
1862 0.608 +0.0%
1863 0.646 +6.3%
1864 0.646 +0.0%
1865 0.646 +0.0%
1866 0.646 +0.0%
1867 0.646 +0.0%
1868 0.646 +0.0%
1869 0.646 +0.0%
1870 0.646 +0.0%
1871 0.646 +0.0%
1872 0.646 +0.0%
1873 0.646 +0.0%
1874 0.646 +0.0%
1875 0.646 +0.0%
1876 0.646 +0.0%
1877 0.646 +0.0%
1878 0.646 +0.0%
1879 0.646 +0.0%
1880 0.646 +0.0%
1881 0.646 +0.0%
1882 0.646 +0.0%
1883 0.646 +0.0%
1884 0.646 +0.0%
1885 0.646 +0.0%
1886 0.354 -45.2%
1887 0.354 +0.0%
1888 0.354 +0.0%
1889 0.354 +0.0%
1890 0.354 +0.0%
1891 0.354 +0.0%
1892 0.354 +0.0%
1893 0.354 +0.0%
1894 0.354 +0.0%
1895 0.354 +0.0%
1896 0.354 +0.0%
1897 0.354 +0.0%
1898 0.354 +0.0%
1899 0.354 +0.0%
1900 0.338 -4.5%
1901 0.338 +0.0%
1902 0.338 +0.0%
1903 0.371 +9.8%
1904 0.401 +8.1%
1905 0.41 +2.2%
1906 0.41 +0.0%
1907 0.41 +0.0%
1908 0.41 +0.0%
1909 0.41 +0.0%
1910 0.491 +19.8%
1911 0.516 +5.1%
1912 0.516 +0.0%
1913 0.516 +0.0%
1914 0.516 +0.0%
1915 0.516 +0.0%
1916 0.516 +0.0%
1917 0.516 +0.0%
1918 0.516 +0.0%
1919 0.516 +0.0%
1920 0.516 +0.0%
1921 0.516 +0.0%
1922 0.516 +0.0%
1923 0.485 -6.0%
1924 0.46 -5.2%
1925 0.46 +0.0%
1926 0.46 +0.0%
1927 0.46 +0.0%
1928 0.46 +0.0%
1929 0.46 +0.0%
1930 0.479 +4.1%
1931 0.511 +6.7%
1932 0.531 +3.9%
1933 0.531 +0.0%
1934 0.531 +0.0%
1935 0.531 +0.0%
1936 0.531 +0.0%
1937 0.531 +0.0%
1938 0.531 +0.0%
1939 0.531 +0.0%
1940 0.531 +0.0%
1941 0.531 +0.0%
1942 0.531 +0.0%
1943 0.531 +0.0%
1944 0.531 +0.0%
1945 0.589 +10.9%
1946 0.557 -5.4%
1947 0.529 -5.0%
1948 0.309 -41.6%
1949 0.255 -17.5%
1950 0.236 -7.5%
1951 0.236 +0.0%
1952 0.236 +0.0%
1953 0.198 -16.1%
1954 0.198 +0.0%
1955 0.198 +0.0%
1956 0.198 +0.0%
1957 0.203 +2.5%
1958 0.396 +95.1%
1959 0.522 +31.8%
1960 0.526 +0.8%
1961 0.526 +0.0%
1962 0.526 +0.0%
1963 0.526 +0.0%
1964 0.526 +0.0%
1965 0.526 +0.0%
1966 0.526 +0.0%
1967 0.526 +0.0%
1968 0.526 +0.0%
1969 0.526 +0.0%
1970 0.529 +0.6%
1971 0.561 +6.0%
1972 0.561 +0.0%
1973 0.561 +0.0%
1974 0.578 +3.0%
1975 0.619 +7.1%
1976 0.619 +0.0%
1977 0.613 -1.0%
1978 0.5 -18.4%
1979 0.412 -17.6%
1980 0.412 +0.0%
1981 0.412 +0.0%
1982 0.44 +6.8%
1983 0.605 +37.5%
1984 0.572 -5.5%
1985 0.568 -0.7%
1986 0.561 -1.2%
1987 0.559 -0.4%
1988 0.549 -1.8%
1989 0.549 +0.0%
1990 0.593 +8.0%
1991 0.666 +12.3%
1992 0.735 +10.4%
1993 0.735 +0.0%
1994 0.733 -0.3%
1995 0.737 +0.5%
1996 0.737 +0.0%
1997 0.737 +0.0%
1998 0.737 +0.0%
1999 0.734 -0.4%
2000 0.761 +3.7%
2001 0.751 -1.3%
2002 0.726 -3.3%
2003 0.752 +3.6%
2004 0.763 +1.5%
2005 0.772 +1.2%
2006 0.772 +0.0%
2007 0.774 +0.3%
2008 0.79 +2.1%
2009 0.792 +0.3%
2010 0.826 +4.3%
2011 0.879 +6.4%
2012 0.881 +0.2%
2013 0.897 +1.8%
2014 0.897 +0.0%
2015 0.895 -0.2%
2016 0.898 +0.3%
2017 0.89 -0.9%
2018 0.843 -5.3%
2019 0.814 -3.4%
2020 0.786 -3.4%
2021 0.786 +0.0%
2022 0.867 +10.3%
2023 0.871 +0.5%
2024 0.859 -1.4%
2025 0.842 -2.0%

Colombia compared with similar countries

  • Colombia's 0.842 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.709, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
  • Colombia's 0.842 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.855, 98% of the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1780s 0.252 0.252 0.252 1
1790s 0.252 0.252 0.252 10
1800s 0.252 0.252 0.252 10
1810s 0.3215 0.281 0.355 10
1820s 0.3863 0.286 0.409 10
1830s 0.473 0.355 0.513 10
1840s 0.5128 0.489 0.613 10
1850s 0.6205 0.608 0.638 10
1860s 0.6346 0.608 0.646 10
1870s 0.646 0.646 0.646 10
1880s 0.5292 0.354 0.646 10
1890s 0.354 0.354 0.354 10
1900s 0.3836 0.338 0.41 10
1910s 0.5135 0.491 0.516 10
1920s 0.4793 0.46 0.516 10
1930s 0.5238 0.479 0.531 10
1940s 0.4894 0.255 0.589 10
1950s 0.2621 0.198 0.522 10
1960s 0.526 0.526 0.526 10
1970s 0.5553 0.412 0.619 10
1980s 0.5227 0.412 0.605 10
1990s 0.7144 0.593 0.737 10
2000s 0.7653 0.726 0.792 10
2010s 0.872 0.814 0.898 10
2020s 0.8352 0.786 0.871 6

Countries ranked near Colombia

  1. 64 Botswana 0.843 compare
  2. 64 Sao Tome and Principe 0.843 compare
  3. 67 Romania 0.838 compare
  4. 68 Gambia 0.837 compare
  5. 68 Senegal 0.837 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is political civil liberties index in Colombia?
Political civil liberties index in Colombia was 0.842 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest political civil liberties index recorded in Colombia?
The highest recorded value was 0.898 in 2016.
What is the lowest political civil liberties index recorded in Colombia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.198 in 1953.
How does Colombia rank for political civil liberties index?
Colombia ranks 66th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is political civil liberties index rising or falling in Colombia?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Colombia data come from?
The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Political Civil Liberties Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Political Civil Liberties Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,211 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of the extent to which people enjoy the freedoms of expression and association.