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Colombia

Colombia is considered one of the countries with the greatest biodiversity in the world, due to its geographic location: landscapes range from the Amazon in the south, to the Andes in the middle zone, to the valleys and coasts of the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The country has over 44 million inhabitants, of which almost 2 million identify themselves as indigenous and almost 3 million as black, Afro-Colombian, Raizal or Palenquero (NARP - acronym in Spanish)
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Socio-economic indicators browse all
Land Area
110,950,000 ha
GINI Index
51.5
GDP/Capita
14,648.6 USD
Total population
51,516,600
Urban population
80.8 %
Land-related indicators browse all
Agricultural land
40.3 %
Perceived tenure security
64.8 %
Women owning land
2.5 %

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Land control, tenure and exploitation have been a fundamental part of the Colombian conflict. It is not surprising, then, that forced displacement and land confiscation have claimed the most victims, primarily affecting the most vulnerable groups, such as peasants with few resources, indigenous communities, and Afro-Colombian communities.