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 28.20%, a 0.1% increase from 2017.
- Colombia poverty rate for 2017 was 28.10%, a 0.9% decline from 2016.
- Colombia poverty rate for 2016 was 29.00%, a 0.2% decline from 2015.
- Colombia poverty rate for 2015 was 29.20%, a 1.1% decline from 2014.
| Colombia Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
28.20% |
0.10% |
| 2017 |
28.10% |
-0.90% |
| 2016 |
29.00% |
-0.20% |
| 2015 |
29.20% |
-1.10% |
| 2014 |
30.30% |
-2.10% |
| 2013 |
32.40% |
-2.10% |
| 2012 |
34.50% |
-1.30% |
| 2011 |
35.80% |
-2.90% |
| 2010 |
38.70% |
-2.80% |
| 2009 |
41.50% |
-1.20% |
| 2008 |
42.70% |
-4.50% |
| 2005 |
47.20% |
-4.10% |
| 2004 |
51.30% |
-0.20% |
| 2003 |
51.50% |
-2.30% |
| 2002 |
53.80% |
-7.00% |
| 2001 |
60.80% |
6.70% |
| 2000 |
54.10% |
-4.80% |
| 1999 |
58.90% |
3.40% |
| 1996 |
55.50% |
8.40% |
| 1992 |
47.10% |
8.40% |
