​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : March 10, 1962
  • GDP(2023) : $363.6 billion
  • GDP(per capita) : $6,972
  • Exports(2023) : $49.5 billion
  • Imports(2023) : $62.6 billion
  • Economic Growth Rate : 0.6%
  • Inflation Rate : 11.7%
  • Number of Koreans living in Colombia(2023) : about 857
  • Bilateral Trade(2023) :
    • Exports : $770 million
    • Imports : $1,070 million
  • High-level Exchanges
    • From Colombia to the ROK
      • 2012   February, Minister of Public Administration and Security, Maeng Hyung-Kyu
      • 2012   May, Foreign Minister, Kim Sung-hwan
      • 2012   June, President, Lee Myung-bak
      • 2014   Agust, Special Envoy, Han Sun-Kyo
      • 2015   April, President, Park Geun-hye
      • 2015   July, Deputy Prime Minister, Hwang Woo-yea
      • 2017   March, 1st Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lim Sung-nam
      • 2019   May, Prime Minister, Lee Nak-yon
      • 2019   July, The Mayor of Seoul, Park Won Soon
      • 2021   April, 1st Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Choi Jong Kun
    • From the ROK to Colombia
      • 2011   September, President, Santos
      • 2011   October, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Diaz-Granados
      • 2012   May, Vice President, Garzon
      • 2013   February, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Diaz-Granados
      • 2013   May, Minister of Information Technologies and Communications, Molano
      • 2013   October, Minister of Mines and Energy, Acosta
      • 2015   January, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Holguin
      • 2015   March, Minister of National Defense, Pinzon
      • 2015   March, Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Cárdenas
      • 2015   March, Director General of National Planning Department, Gaviria
      • 2015   March, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Alvarez-Correa
      • 2015   March, Minister of National Education, Parody
      • 2016   September, Director of APC-Colombia, Alejandro Gamboa
      • 2017   May, Minister of Industry and Tourism, Lacouture
      • 2018   May, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Zuluaga
      • 2018   December, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trujillo
      • 2019   December, Vice President, Ramirez
      • 2021   March, Minister of Agriculture, Zea
      • 2021   August, President, Duque
      • 2021   November, Vice President, Ramirez

• Related documents

  • First Vice Foreign Minister Visits Colombia
  • MOFA Spokesperson’s Statement on the Signing of the Colombia Peace Agreement
  • Foreign Minister Meets with his Colombian Counterpart
  • ROK to Dispatch a Special Envoy to the Inauguration Ceremony of the Incoming Colombian President
  • ROK and Colombia to Sign a Bilateral FTA
  • Foreign Ministry to Hold Cultural Events in Venezuela and Colombia

• Related links

  • Embassy in Colombia