About Colombia GDP Growth Rate
Colombia is the fourth biggest economy in Latin America. In recent years, the country has been growing rapidly, mostly due to a rise in exports of commodities such as oil, coal and coffee. The biggest and the fastest growing sector of Colombian economy is services (53 percent of GDP) including: financing, insurance, real estate and business services; community, social and personal services; trade, repairs, restaurants and hotels and transport, warehousing and communication. Manufacturing, mining and quarrying create 20 percent of the wealth. Other sectors include: government (10 percent), agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing (6.3 percent); construction (6 percent) and electricity, gas and water distribution (4 percent).