Colombia Poverty Rate 1960-2024

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 2022 was 34.80%, a 4% decline from 2021.
  • Colombia poverty rate for 2021 was 38.80%, a 3.4% 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.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name % Under US $5.50 Per Day
Armenia 51.30%
Colombia 34.80%
Peru 32.20%
Ecuador 29.90%
Brazil 23.50%
Iran 21.90%
Mexico 21.80%
Dominican Republic 21.50%
Paraguay 19.90%
Suriname 17.50%
Costa Rica 14.10%
Turkey 0.00%
American Samoa 0.00%
China 0.00%
Fiji 0.00%
Jamaica 0.00%
Marshall Islands 0.00%
Tonga 0.00%
Botswana 0.00%
Iraq 0.00%
Nauru 0.00%
Turkmenistan 0.00%
Albania 0.00%
Algeria 0.00%
Maldives 0.00%
Thailand 0.00%
South Africa 0.00%
Belize 0.00%
Guyana 0.00%
St. Lucia 0.00%
Namibia 0.00%
Samoa 0.00%
Belarus 0.00%
Dominica 0.00%
Guatemala 0.00%
Libya 0.00%
Malaysia 0.00%
Serbia 0.00%
Venezuela 0.00%
Bosnia 0.00%
Cuba 0.00%
Grenada 0.00%
Lebanon 0.00%
Mauritius 0.00%
Russia 0.00%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.00%
Bulgaria 0.00%
Equatorial Guinea 0.00%
Kazakhstan 0.00%
Montenegro 0.00%
Romania 0.00%
Tuvalu 0.00%
Azerbaijan 0.00%
Gabon 0.00%
Jordan 0.00%
North Macedonia 0.00%
Colombia Poverty Rate - Historical Data
Year % Under US $5.50 Per Day Change
2022 34.80% -4.00%
2021 38.80% -3.40%
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% 48.50%
2007 0.00% 0.00%
2006 0.00% -53.50%
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% 64.30%
1998 0.00% 0.00%
1997 0.00% -61.50%
1996 61.50% 61.50%
1995 0.00% 0.00%
1994 0.00% 0.00%
1993 0.00% -54.20%
1992 54.20% 2.10%
1991 52.10% 52.10%
1990 0.00% -55.40%
1989 55.40% 1.30%
1988 54.10% 54.10%
1987 0.00% 0.00%
1986 0.00% 0.00%
1985 0.00% 0.00%
1984 0.00% 0.00%
1983 0.00% 0.00%
1982 0.00% 0.00%
1981 0.00% -60.60%
1980 60.60% 60.60%
1979 0.00% 0.00%
1978 0.00% 0.00%
1977 0.00% 0.00%
1976 0.00% 0.00%
1975 0.00% 0.00%
1974 0.00% 0.00%
1973 0.00% 0.00%
1972 0.00% 0.00%
1971 0.00% 0.00%
1970 0.00% 0.00%
1969 0.00% 0.00%
1968 0.00% 0.00%
1967 0.00% 0.00%
1966 0.00% 0.00%
1965 0.00% 0.00%
1964 0.00% 0.00%
1963 0.00% 0.00%
1962 0.00% 0.00%
1961 0.00% 0.00%
1960 0.00% 0.00%