Colombia’s GDP grew by 2.3% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2025, easing from 3.6% in the previous quarter and undershooting market expectations of 3% growth. The expansion was driven mainly by a 3.4% increase in wholesale and retail trade, a 4.8% rise in public administration, defense and related services, and a robust 11.5% jump in recreation services. Additional growth came from utilities (2.9%), real estate activities (1.9%), professional and scientific services (1.5%), manufacturing (1%), and financial services (0.7%).
By contrast, output contracted in several key sectors: mining and quarrying (-2.9%), construction (-2.6%), communication (-1.2%), and agriculture (-0.4%). On a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis, GDP rose by 0.1%, a sharp deceleration from the 1.2% expansion recorded in the third quarter.
For the full year 2025, the economy grew by 2.6%, supported primarily by wholesale and retail trade (4.6%), public administration and defense (4.5%), and recreation services (9.9%).
