Colombia’s real retail sales rose 5.3% year over year in July 2026, missing forecasts for an 11.2% increase and slowing from 14.7% growth in June. This marked the slowest growth since September 2024. Fourteen merchandise lines recorded increases in real sales, while five declined. The largest positive contributions came from motor vehicles and motorcycles, mainly for household use (21.8%), other motor vehicles and motorcycles (10.8%), and sound and video equipment and devices (25%). Declines in vehicle fuel sales (-3.6%), spare parts, components, accessories and lubricants for vehicles, mainly for household consumption (-2%), clothing and textiles (-3%), pharmaceutical and medicinal products (-0.7%), and footwear, leather goods and leather substitutes (-0.2%) limited overall retail growth. source: Dane, Colombia
Retail Sales in Colombia increased 5.30 percent in July of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Colombia averaged 5.36 percent from 2000 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 75.30 percent in April of 2021 and a record low of -42.80 percent in April of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - Colombia Retail Sales YoY - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Colombia Retail Sales YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2026.
Retail Sales in Colombia increased 5.30 percent in July of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Colombia is expected to be 6.20 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Colombia Retail Sales YoY is projected to trend around 4.00 percent in 2027 and 4.50 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.