Colombia Poverty Rate 1992-2023
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 2020 was 38.30%, a 8.9% increase from 2019.
- Colombia poverty rate for 2019 was 29.40%, a 1.2% increase from 2018.
- Colombia poverty rate for 2018 was 28.20%, a 0.1% increase from 2017.
- Colombia poverty rate for 2017 was 28.10%, a 0.6% decline from 2016.
| Colombia Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2020 |
38.30% |
8.90% |
| 2019 |
29.40% |
1.20% |
| 2018 |
28.20% |
0.10% |
| 2017 |
28.10% |
-0.60% |
| 2016 |
28.70% |
-0.30% |
| 2015 |
29.00% |
-1.00% |
| 2014 |
30.00% |
-2.20% |
| 2013 |
32.20% |
-2.10% |
| 2012 |
34.30% |
-1.40% |
| 2011 |
35.70% |
-2.80% |
| 2010 |
38.50% |
-2.90% |
| 2009 |
41.40% |
-1.40% |
| 2008 |
42.80% |
-4.70% |
| 2005 |
47.50% |
-3.90% |
| 2004 |
51.40% |
-0.20% |
| 2003 |
51.60% |
-0.70% |
| 2002 |
52.30% |
-9.10% |
| 2001 |
61.40% |
7.30% |
| 2000 |
54.10% |
-4.80% |
| 1999 |
58.90% |
3.40% |
| 1996 |
55.50% |
8.40% |
| 1992 |
47.10% |
8.40% |
