Relationship dossier
Chile
Colombia
Relationship assessment
Trade ties, regional integration, and Chile’s support for Colombia’s peace process underpin cooperation
Chile toward Colombia
+45Chile participates with Colombia in the bilateral free-trade framework and the Pacific Alliance. Chile also served as an accompanying country in Colombia’s peace process with the FARC.
Colombia toward Chile
+45Colombia participates with Chile in the bilateral free-trade framework and the Pacific Alliance, providing a durable basis for trade and regional cooperation.
Overall relationship
+45The relationship is shaped by sustained economic cooperation, including a bilateral free-trade agreement, and joint engagement in regional integration through the Pacific Alliance. Chile’s role accompanying Colombia’s peace process adds a significant area of political cooperation. These established ties support a substantially cooperative overall relationship.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Chile and Colombia have built a sustained cooperative relationship through a bilateral free-trade agreement and shared participation in regional integration. Chile also served as an accompanying country in Colombia’s peace process with the FARC. These arrangements reflect meaningful cooperation, particularly on trade and regional affairs.
Key developments
Chile and Colombia signed a bilateral free-trade agreement, which entered into force in 2009.
Chile and Colombia participate in the Pacific Alliance, a regional integration initiative.
Chile served as an accompanying country in Colombia’s peace process with the FARC.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of current implementation and use of bilateral trade and cooperation arrangements is unclear.
- The scope of cooperation beyond trade, regional integration, and Colombia’s peace process is unclear.