Last verified: Tuesday, 13. August 2024 at 08:21 AM
Last verified: Tuesday, 13. August 2024 at 08:21 AM
We advise caution when travelling to Colombia We advise caution when travelling to Colombia. We detected travel advisories from 6 sources for this specific country.
Colombia shares a land border with 5 neighbouring states. For this region of countries (including Colombia), the Advisory Index is 3.4 (average value over all countries). All countries have some reported advisories: Venezuela (4.1), Ecuador (3.3), Peru (3.3), Brazil with 3.1 and Panama with 3 (of 5).
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Colombia. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET).
There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Colombia.
Source: www.ecdc.europa.eu
Chart of the risk level over that last 200 days. This is the daily calculated travel risk for Colombia.
Chart of the number of sources over that last 200 days. This is the daily number of advisory sources (of any rating) that have been active on that day.
Note: Changes happening on the 28th/29th of July 2019 are related to a change in the software and number of sources processed.
These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination Colombia from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 3.3 out of 5.0.
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Exercise increased caution elsewhere in Colombia due to violent crime and the threat of terrorism (level 2 of 4).
Danger level: 0 - Travel is usually safe. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Colombia.
Issued by: New Zealand government
Info: If you are planning international travel at this time, please read our COVID-19 related travel advice here, alongside our destination specific travel advice below.
Danger level: 4 - Reconsider travelling. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Colombia.
Issued by: New Zealand government
Info: Avoid non-essential travel to the following departments and cities due to the presence of illegal armed groups, and drug-related criminal activity (level 3 of 4): Arauca, Caquetá (except the city of Florencia), Casanare (except the city of Yopal), Cauca (except the city of Popayán), Chocó (except Quibdó, Nuquí and Bahía Solano, and Capurganá), Guainía, Guaviare, Meta (except Villavicencio and Caño Cristales), Nariño (except the city of Pasto and the Santuario de las Lajas), Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Vichada, Rural areas of northern Antioquia, southern Bolívar, southern Cordoba, the San Jorge and La Mojana subregions of Sucre, and Valle del Cauca (except Cali, Buga and Palmira).
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Colombia.
Issued by: New Zealand government
Info: Do not travel to the following departments and border areas due to high levels of criminal activity and the threat of kidnapping (level 4 of 4): cities of Buenaventura and Tumaco, the border areas with Ecuador (except the Santuario de las Lajas), Panama (ie the Darien Gap within Chocó, except the town of Capurgana) and Venezuela.
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Canadian goverment suggests: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Iaktta särskild försiktighet - Undvik att resa till de flesta områdena på landsbygden och till gränstrakterna. Laktta särskild försiktighet i de större städerna. I många områden i de största städerna är rån och våld vardag. Översvämningar och jordskred förekommer under regnperioden.
Danger level: 4 - Reconsider travelling. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Reissued with updates to the country summary. Reconsider travel due to crime and terrorism. Exercise increased caution due to civil unrest and kidnapping. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory. Do Not Travel to: Arauca, Cauca (excluding Popayán), and Norte de Santander departments due to crime and terrorism. The ...
This is the recent history of individual changes of travel advices that affected the total asessment of Colombia. Most recent events first.
The total rating for Colombia changed from 3.3 to 3.7. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government increased their existing warning for Colombia to 5.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 2.0 (by +3.0).
The total rating for Colombia changed from 3.1 to 3.3. Here are the influencing details:
The Canadian government increased their existing warning for Colombia to 3.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 2.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Colombia changed from 3.0 to 3.1. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government increased their existing warning for Colombia to 5.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Colombia changed from 2.9 to 3.0. Here are the influencing details:
The Irish government increased their existing warning for Colombia to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Colombia changed from 2.5 to 2.9. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government issued a new warning for Colombia with a rating of 4.0.
The Danish government increased their existing warning for Colombia to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Colombia changed from 0.0 to 0.0. Here are the influencing details:
The Danish government issued a new warning for Colombia with a rating of 3.0.
The Finnish government issued a new warning for Colombia with a rating of 3.0.
The Irish government issued a new warning for Colombia with a rating of 3.0.
The New Zealand government issued a new warning for Colombia with a rating of 2.0.
The Canadian government issued a new warning for Colombia with a rating of 2.0.
The United States government issued a new warning for Colombia with a rating of 2.0.
The total rating for Colombia changed from 2.2 to 2.4. Here are the influencing details:
The Maltese government increased their existing warning for Colombia to 3.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 2.0 (by +1.0).
Colombia with its capital Bogotá is a country in South America (South America), slightly less than twice the size of Texas (1,138,910 km²). The country is located Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama. The climate can be described as tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands. The landscape is flat coastal lowlands, central highlands, high Andes Mountains, eastern lowland plains. With a population of about 45.01 million citizens.
| Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital | Bogotá |
| Population | about 45.01 million |
| Size | 1.138.910 km² |
| Size comparable to | slightly less than twice the size of Texas |
| Common languages | Spanish |
| Currency | Peso (short: COP) |
| Common voltage (electricity) | 110V - 60Hz |
| Used GSM Frequencies | 850/1900 |
| International phone prefix | +57 |
| Internet Top Level Domain | .co |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 | CO |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 | COL |
| Countrycode: ISO Numeric | 170 |
These are problems Colombia is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.
Environmental problems
Natural hazzards
These are the main product industries and agricultural products of Colombia. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.
Industries
Agriculture products
These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from Colombia.
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Colombia is currently rated at 3,3 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 6 official sources. We advise caution when travelling to Colombia.
Visiting the country Colombia is usually fine. The score is at 3,3 Just keep an eye open, obey local rules and you'll most likely be fine.
We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 6 individual sources for Colombia.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Colombia. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET). There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Colombia.
Colombia has a size of 1,138,910 km² or 439,735 mi² which is slightly less than twice the size of Texas.
For non-country specific questions, please check our global F.A.Q.
Travel safety map for Colombia and bordering countries.
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2020-03-10:
Integrated data from European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (COVID-19/ SARS-CoV-2/ Coronavirus).
2019-09-01:
Added timeline charts for risk level and number of advisories.
2019-07-29:
Added two more sources (Finland and Denmark).
Affects country ratings.
2019-07-15:
South-Sudan was missing and was added today.
2019-05-18:
Performance improvements for API users.
2019-03-23:
Introduced professional API with more data.
2019-02-13:
Added three more sources (Cyprus, Ireland and Malta).
Affects country ratings.
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