Colombia leads five Latin American economies in digital ecosystem contribution

September 21, 2026 2 min read

The study estimates Colombia’s digital ecosystem generated nearly US$65 billion in economic contribution in 2025, spanning infrastructure, services, productivity and consumer welfare.

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Colombia has the largest economic contribution from the digital ecosystem among five Latin American economies analyzed, according to a Telecom Advisory Services study.

With a contribution equivalent to 15.1% of GDP, Colombia’s digital ecosystem records the largest relative contribution among the five Spanish-speaking economies analyzed in Latin America, according to a Telecom Advisory Services study.

The study estimates that the economic contribution of Colombia’s digital ecosystem reached nearly US$65.017 billion in 2025, based on six components: investment in digital infrastructure, infrastructure enabling e-commerce, revenues from digital services and applications, innovation spillovers, labor productivity and consumer surplus.

Colombia outpaces other economies in the region.

The analysis, prepared by Raúl Katz, Juan Jung and Fernando Callorda, includes content platforms, digital services and their associated infrastructure within the ecosystem. In relative terms, Colombia records a contribution higher than Peru’s, at 14.9% of GDP; Mexico’s, at 14.3%; and Argentina’s and Chile’s, both at 12.6%.

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Between 2017 and 2025, Colombia recorded US$260 million in investment in submarine cables and cloud data centers. That amount generated an economic impact of US$688.6 million, equivalent to a 2.65 multiplier, and approximately 7,125 jobs per year.

Logistics infrastructure enabling e-commerce received US$854.4 million in investment between 2021 and 2025. The study estimates a total economic impact of US$2.315 billion and the creation of 28,225 jobs annually.

Infrastructure and productivity account for part of the impact.

Since 2023, Bogotá has had the country’s first Cloud Zone, deployed by Oracle Cloud, according to the report.

Digital tools have driven a cumulative improvement of 1.83% in Colombian labor productivity. Meanwhile, consumer surplus, associated with access, convenience and reduced search and transaction costs, amounts to US$44.698 billion and represents the largest share of the country’s total contribution.

In practice, the study places the economic impact of Colombia’s digital ecosystem in infrastructure, economic activity, productivity and consumer welfare, with quantified effects across different components of the economy.

Technology talent remains a pending challenge.

The report also highlights a challenge related to technology talent. A cited analysis projects a combined shortage of 1.25 million technology professionals in Colombia, Peru and Chile by 2025, underscoring the need to strengthen digital talent training in the country.

The report was released by DIG.IA-LAC, a regional technical alliance that promotes the development of digital infrastructure and an open Internet in Latin America and the Caribbean. Its executive director, Mercedes Aramendía, said:

Mercedes Aramendía: “For years, it was argued that platforms and digital services used infrastructure without contributions or co-investment in national ecosystems. This evidence says otherwise: they invest, create jobs and increase productivity across the entire economy. No actor — government, platform, digital service or operator — can capture these benefits separately; the invitation is to work together to build the conditions for this investment to continue growing.”

The Telecom Advisory Services study thus places Colombia as the economy with the largest relative contribution from the digital ecosystem among the five countries analyzed, with an estimated impact equivalent to 15.1% of GDP in 2025.