The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Colombia  
Rank: 51 · Score: 54.9  

Basic facts, 2020        
Population (millions) 50.9   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Bottom
GDP (US$ billions) 271.3   M&A volume (quartile) 3rd
GDP per capita (US$) 5,334.8   Venture capital investments (quartile) Top
GDP growth (per cent) -6.8   Private equity investments (quartile) 3rd
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 51 83, 83, 79, 76, 74 54.9
1 Economic Activity 47 80, 76, 72, 74, 78 77.6
2 Depth of Capital Market 52 83, 83, 76, 75, 73 54.1
3 Taxation 54 88, 88, 60, 59, 71 96.2
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 73 49, 51, 55, 48, 52 62.2
5 Human and Social Environment 62 64, 64, 64, 62, 63 31.1
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 54 76, 74, 72, 72, 71 53.1


 
Historic performance, 2017-2021   Key driver performance, 2021
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Colombia  
Latin America
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Chile 77.5 68.5 98.6 81.9 39.2 55.8
Mexico 86.5 68.8 98.6 64.2 29.2 60.4
Brazil 82.6 75.0 20.3 57.2 29.8 57.4
Colombia 77.6 54.1 96.2 62.2 31.1 53.1
Peru 74.8 61.8 94.7 60.8 23.4 43.6
Argentina 75.2 45.3 95.7 53.3 27.5 50.6
Panama 70.4 31.6 75.6 62.1 24.8 36.3
Last updated: 21 Jun 2021