Dengue in Colombia
Country profile for Colombia (Americas): official dengue surveillance data reported to WHO, analysed by the SENTINARA early-warning engine.
Key facts
- Colombia reported 83,556 dengue cases from January to September 2026, -20.8% compared with the same period of 2025, according to WHO Global Dengue Surveillance.
- Deaths reported in 2026 to September: 64 (101 in the same period of 2025).
- In 2025, the last full year, Colombia recorded 125,119 cases, an incidence of 234.2 per 100,000 people and a case fatality rate of 0.099%.
- SENTINARA early-warning level for September 2026: Normal, because cases are within the usual range for this time of year.
- Ensemble forecast: October 2026 about 9,372 cases (80% range 6,983 to 12,579); November 2026 about 10,548 cases (80% range 7,353 to 15,132); December 2026 about 10,934 cases (80% range 7,242 to 16,508). Backtest MAPE 18.7%, MASE 0.23.
- Cases usually peak in January (based on 12 complete years).
- The anomaly detectors flagged 11 months; the most recent was August 2024 with 20,510 cases.
- OpenDengue holds complete annual totals for Colombia since 1960.
- Countries with a similar seasonal pattern: Australia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Venezuela, Dominican Republic.
Related pages
- Dengue in Australia
- Dengue in Sri Lanka
- Dengue in Indonesia
- Dengue in Venezuela
- Dengue in Dominican Republic
- Dengue in Ecuador
- Dengue in Peru
- Dengue in El Salvador
- Dengue in Grenada
- Dengue in Trinidad and Tobago
- Dengue in Costa Rica
Data updated 2026-10-31. Sources: WHO Global Dengue Surveillance; OpenDengue V1.3 (Clarke et al., 2025), doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.24259573; Dinas Kesehatan Kota Semarang; World Bank Open Data; NASA POWER.