Colombia Poverty Rate 1992-2024
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Colombia poverty rate for 2021 was 39.20%, a 3% decline from 2020.
- Colombia poverty rate for 2020 was 42.20%, a 7.4% increase from 2019.
- Colombia poverty rate for 2019 was 34.80%, a 0.9% increase from 2018.
- Colombia poverty rate for 2018 was 33.90%, a 0.2% increase from 2017.
| Colombia Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2021 |
39.20% |
-3.00% |
| 2020 |
42.20% |
7.40% |
| 2019 |
34.80% |
0.90% |
| 2018 |
33.90% |
0.20% |
| 2017 |
33.70% |
-0.60% |
| 2016 |
34.30% |
-0.30% |
| 2015 |
34.60% |
-0.80% |
| 2014 |
35.40% |
-2.20% |
| 2013 |
37.60% |
-2.20% |
| 2012 |
39.80% |
-1.80% |
| 2011 |
41.60% |
-3.00% |
| 2010 |
44.60% |
-2.70% |
| 2009 |
47.30% |
-1.20% |
| 2008 |
48.50% |
-5.00% |
| 2005 |
53.50% |
-3.80% |
| 2004 |
57.30% |
-0.70% |
| 2003 |
58.00% |
0.30% |
| 2002 |
57.70% |
-9.30% |
| 2001 |
67.00% |
7.50% |
| 2000 |
59.50% |
-4.80% |
| 1999 |
64.30% |
2.80% |
| 1996 |
61.50% |
7.30% |
| 1992 |
54.20% |
7.30% |
