Colombia on the 12 axes
MLPGFree-Market CosmopolitanOpen markets, open minds, open borders for ideas.Colombia is typed MLPG, the Free-Market Cosmopolitan, but many of its axes sit near the centre. Ownership (-0.05), Markets (+0.10), Structure (0.00), Technology (0.00) and Foreign policy (-0.05) are all close to zero. The clearest leans are Progressive Morality (-0.80) and Secular Religion (-0.75). The first comes with abortion on request within a gestational limit, and the second with a state that funds no official religion. Authority leans Democratic at -0.45, with a Liberal Democracy Index of 0.555 (2025). Government spending is 33% of GDP (IMF, 2025).
Uruguay is the closest match at 88%. Both are Progressive and Secular with several axes near the centre. Uruguay is more strongly Democratic on Authority at -0.90 and leans Cooperation on foreign policy at -0.60, where Colombia sits at the centre. Colombia also spends 3.2% of GDP on its military (2025). Check which politicians and figures sit closest to Colombia on this page, or take the test to see your own closeness.
Where Colombia sits
- PublicPrivate
- 02Markets+10PlannedFree
- 03Welfare+15SharedSelf-reliant
- 04Authority-45DemocraticStrong leader
- 05Security-20LibertyOrder
- LocalCentral
- 07Morality-80ProgressiveTraditional
- 08Religion-75SecularReligious
- EmbraceCaution
- 10Culture-30MulticulturalNational identity
- 11Trade-25GlobalProtected
- CooperationStrength
Scores come from laws, budgets and institutional indexes, not from polls or the party in power. How country profiles are built
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What is Colombia's type on the 12 axes?
Read from its laws and institutions, Colombia comes out as MLPG (Free-Market Cosmopolitan). The type takes one letter per family of three axes: Economy, State, Society and World. It describes how the country is governed, not what its people think.
Which countries are governed most like Colombia?
On the 12 axes, Uruguay is closest at 88%, followed by Chile at 84%. The comparison uses the same country profiles as the country match on your 12 Axes result.