Colombia Poverty Rate 1992-2021
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 2018 was 27.80%, a 0.2% increase from 2017.
- Colombia poverty rate for 2017 was 27.60%, a 0.9% decline from 2016.
- Colombia poverty rate for 2016 was 28.50%, a 0.2% decline from 2015.
- Colombia poverty rate for 2015 was 28.70%, a 1.1% decline from 2014.
Colombia Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
2018 |
27.80% |
0.20% |
2017 |
27.60% |
-0.90% |
2016 |
28.50% |
-0.20% |
2015 |
28.70% |
-1.10% |
2014 |
29.80% |
-2.20% |
2013 |
32.00% |
-2.00% |
2012 |
34.00% |
-1.20% |
2011 |
35.20% |
-3.10% |
2010 |
38.30% |
-2.80% |
2009 |
41.10% |
-1.20% |
2008 |
42.30% |
-4.40% |
2005 |
46.70% |
-4.10% |
2004 |
50.80% |
-0.10% |
2003 |
50.90% |
-2.30% |
2002 |
53.20% |
-7.30% |
2001 |
60.50% |
6.80% |
2000 |
53.70% |
-4.60% |
1999 |
58.30% |
3.10% |
1996 |
55.20% |
8.20% |
1992 |
47.00% |
8.20% |