During a survey conducted in June and July of 2019, half of the opinion leaders and prominent journalists surveyed in Colombia said that corruption was the most important problem in the South American country. The second main issue, cited by one quarter of the experts interviewed, was about insecurity, criminality and drug trafficking. Moreover, Colombia's press freedom index has worsened recently.
Most important problems affecting Colombia according to opinion leaders and journalists in 2019
* In a total of 14 Latin American countries. The source does not provide the exact number of respondents in each country surveyed.
During the survey, the following open question was posed: "¿Cuál dirÃa usted que es el principal problema de su paÃs actualmente?".
The wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the original.
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Ipsos. (October 29, 2019). Most important problems affecting Colombia according to opinion leaders and journalists in 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1071879/colombia-main-problems-opinion-leaders-journalists/
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