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Gustavo Petro

Gustavo Petro

🇨🇴Colombia

Rank #238
Score: 51
About Gustavo Petro

Gustavo Petro (b. 1960) is the current President of Colombia, elected in 2022. A former guerrilla fighter turned congressman and mayor of Bogotá, he campaigns on progressive reforms: social justice, green energy, land reform, and poverty reduction. His presidency has sparked strong debate over economic transformation, public spending, and the pace of institutional change.

Scoring Breakdown
Detailed analysis of the politician's score.

HDI
~0.79 (ND-GAIN / UN-related data)6/10
Source: ND-GAIN Country Index — Colombia (2023 )
GDP per capita
~ $20,784.5 (ND-GAIN PPP)6/10
Source: ND-GAIN — Colombia GDP per capita PPP (2023 )
Gini coefficient
~ 0.548 (Gini from inequality reports)3/10
Source: Colombia inequality reporting (CryptoNews) (2025 )
Employment rate
~ 63.85% (Statista employment-population forecast)3/5
Source: Statista — Colombia socioeconomic indicators (2025 )
Freedom index
Moderate political freedoms; contested reforms under Petro4/10
Source: Freedom House — Colombia country report (2023 )
Corruption index
Freedom from corruption ~41 (Heritage / TheGlobalEconomy)2/5
Source: TheGlobalEconomy — Colombia freedom from corruption index (2025 )

Derived Criminal Score
No public criminal convictions recorded (activism, but no final court record of criminal conviction)19/20
Source: Public / press record (2025 )