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COLOMBIA

COUNTRY DATA

• Government: Republic
• Population (2006): 45.6 million
• Human Development Index (2006): 0.790, ranked 70th of 177 countries
• Population under national poverty line (%) (1990-2004): 64.0
• Life expectancy at birth: 72.2
• Adult literacy rate (%) (2004):92.8
• Under five infant mortality rate (2004): 21 per 1,000

SOURCES: UNDP, 2006 Human Development Report

CRISIS DATA

• Victims. From 1990 to 2000, the conflict resulted in 27,000 civilians and 2,887 military casualties.
• Kidnappings. More than 4,000 people are kidnapped per year.
• Anti-personnel mines. In 2005 alone, there were 1,110 deaths as a result of anti-personnel mines, the highest number of deaths and injuries due to anti-personnel mines.
• Displaced. More than 3.8 million people were forced to abandon their homes in Colombia over the past 20 years. In 2006 alone, 215,000 people were displaced. Colombia is the country with the greatest number of internally displaced persons in the world, after Sudan.

SOURCES: Council for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES), 2007; Land Mine Monitor; Colombian Red Cross, 2006.

DATA ON THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

• United Nations. A UN Consolidated Appeal does not exist for Colombia.
• OECD-DAC. The DAC donors allocated more than US$36 million for humanitarian assistance in 2006; the largest donors were the European Comission, Norway, Holland, Switzerland and Germany.
• Colombian Government. In 2006, the Colombian Congress approved a budget of US$365 million to assist internally displaced persons.

SOURCES: UNHCR, 2007; Centre for International Policy, 2007; OCHA, Financial Tracking Service.

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