INVESTS
Why invest in Manizales and Caldas?
The Caldas department offers an innovative ecosystem based on its people's talent, business vocation, and the wealth of its territory, which positions us as a region conducive to developing investment projects.
indicators

PIB
1.6%

995.822
People in Caldas

513.589
People in Manizales

8th place in the Competitiveness Index
Recent dynamics of the Economy of Caldas 2006-2019 pr

Foreign Trade
BALANCE OF TRADE 2019
USD
$503
MILLION
USD 847 million
71% are coffee and derivatives,
17% are manufacturing
This is the most diversified offer of the Colombian coffee growing axis
IMPORTS
The main products are raw materials, consumer goods and capital goods (46 million).

20 million

34 million

18 million

20 million

51 million

79 million

112 million

31 million

19 million

69 million
EXPORTS
The main products are coffee, refrigerators, confectionery, metal manufactures

262 million

79 million

69 million

50 million

51 million

31 million
5 REASONS WHY
Human talent
Caldas has an active economic population of 466,116 people, equivalent to 46.8%. The total number of employed persons in Caldas 2019 was 141,911 people, and they represent 50.7% of the population. Thanks to the Manizales University System, each year around 500 people annually reach level B3 in English annually reach level1-Place in ease of doing business: Registration / Taxes / Permits / Opening.
8- Position in the competitiveness index of cities: ICT Adoption / Business Environment / Higher Education / Labor Market
Mercado laboral.
7-Place in the Departmental Index of Innovation Business Environment7 / Links of superior innovation.
Caldas: Articulating axis of the Andean region.
La Dorada: Logistics center of the Andean Region and has a multimodal connection.
Access:
Riviera de Rio, Magdalena, Ferrea Connection, Autopista del sol
Incomparable quality of life
First security post in the country, excellent coverage in public services, sports and recreational city, best index of social progress, city with cultural and entertainment diversity, lowest poverty rate in Colombia.7,888 square kilometers of extension
22% of the territory is forest
22% of the territory is in productive systems
9 watersheds; 3 on the Magdalena River slope; on the Cauca River slope
6 Ecorregions or ecosystems of Andean Andean cloud forests, dry and humid
802 species recorded, 42% of which inhabit Colombia
Human talent
Caldas cuenta con una poblacion económica activa de 466.116 personas, equivalente al 46.8%.
El total de ocupados en Caldas 2019 fue de 141.911 personas, y representan el 50,7% de la poblacion.
Gracias al Sistema Universitario de Manizales cada año alrededor de 500 personas anuales alcanzan nivel B3 en ingles anuales alcanzan nivel
1-Place in ease of doing business: Registration / Taxes / Permits / Opening.
8- Position in the competitiveness index of cities: ICT Adoption / Business Environment / Higher Education / Labor Market
Mercado laboral.
7-Place in the Departmental Index of Innovation Business Environment7 / Links of superior innovation.
Caldas: Articulating axis of the Andean region.
La Dorada: Logistics center of the Andean Region and has a multimodal connection.
Access:
Riviera de Rio, Magdalena, Ferrea Connection, Autopista del sol
First security post in the country, excellent coverage in public services, sports and recreational city, best index of social progress, city with cultural and entertainment diversity, lowest poverty rate in Colombia.
7,888 square kilometers of extension
22% of the territory is forest
22% of the territory is in productive systems
9 watersheds; 3 on the Magdalena River slope; on the Cauca River slope
802 species recorded, 42% of which inhabit Colombia
6 Ecorregions or ecosystems of Andean Andean cloud forests, dry and humid