UNFPA Colombia

Colombia is a middle-income country, but development lags behind in some rural areas and among four million people uprooted by conflict. Adolescent fertility is high, though overall rates have fallen. The maternal mortality rate indicates gaps in health services. Active in Colombia since 1974, UNFPA helps cultivate state capacities to manage population, reproductive health and gender equity issues, including through integrated services for people suffering displacement and poverty. It encourages women’s and youth organizations to advocate for their sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, and promotes a life-cycle approach to reproductive health care.

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Población

Population aged 0-14
Population aged 15-64
Population aged 65+

Salud materna y neonatal

Partos atendidos por personal de salud cualificado

Salud sexual y reproductiva

Tasa de prevalencia del uso de anticonceptivos, cualquier método
Demanda no satisfecha

Educación

Fecundidad

Total fertility rate, per woman, 2021

Esperanza de vida

Life expectancy at birth (years), 2021

Prácticas nocivas

Child marriage by age 18, per cent, 2005-2019

Child marriage by age 18

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Demographic Dividend: Colombia Ver más

Population Pyramid

Number of women/men in a given age group

Population in thousands

Esperanza de vida

Men Women

Total fertility rate

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Year: 2018

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Key results of Colombia in 2020 Ver más

Gender-based violence platform

A national mechanism to engage multiple stakeholders to prevent and address gender-based violence was in place

Census sample availability

A representative sample of census data was released within 12 months of launching the main census report

Disability in census

Censuses in place included questions on disability

Rapid assessments in crises

During a humanitarian crisis, rapid assessments of affected populations were conducted

Minimum Initial Services Package

2201 Health service providers and managers were trained on the minimum initial service package

Life skills programmes for girls

22 Marginalized girls were reached with health, social and economic asset-building programmes

Advocacy platforms against harmful social norms

19 Communities developed advocacy platforms to eliminate discriminatory gender and sociocultural norms which affect women and girls

Community declarations on harmful practices

9 Communities made public declarations to eliminate harmful practices, with support from UNFPA, including child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation

Essential services for gender-based violence survivors

5139 Women and girls who were subjected to violence have accessed the essential services package