Crime and security in Medellin | Fact sheet
Updated crime and security statistics for Medellin, Colombia, including data on homicide, armed robbery and extortion.
Updated crime and security statistics for Medellin, Colombia, including data on homicide, armed robbery and extortion.
Medellin, Colombia second largest city, in 2017 contributed 13.9% to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) together with the surrounding Antioquia province.
Bogota generated 27% of Colombia’s GDP in 2017, making the capital the country’s largest and most developed economy.
Bogota has traditionally enjoyed lower homicide rates than other major cities in Colombia. However, street crime in the capital is among the country’s highest. Locals’ security perception Homicide rate Homicide…
Some 4% of the world’s population has consumed cocaine in his or her life. That is almost 300 million people. Approximately half of this cocaine comes from Colombia. In 2016, 18 million…
Jorge Eliecer Gaitan was a charismatic political leader who is regarded as one of the country’s defining historical figures, shaping the nation’s course and socio-political stage through the last half of the 20th century.
Colombia’s former vice president, German Vargas, is a veteran politician who was born into one of the country’s elite political dynasties.