Extreme poverty rate in Colombia
8.5% of people in Colombia lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1980.
Colombia, 2024
8.5%
Change from 2023
−0.1percentage points
World, 2024
10.1%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
1.3%
Extreme poverty rate in Colombia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Colombia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.5% | 10.1% |
| 2023 | 8.6% | 10.5% |
| 2022 | 9.3% | 10.9% |
| 2021 | 11.2% | 11.3% |
| 2020 | 15.8% | 11.4% |
| 2019 | 11.3% | – |
| 2018 | 9.8% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | 9.5% | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 10.1% | 12.6% |
| 2015 | 10.2% | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 10.9% | 14.5% |
| 2013 | 11.8% | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 12.7% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | 11.3% | 19.1% |
| 2010 | 13.3% | 21.0% |
| 2009 | 15.1% | 23.1% |
| 2008 | 16.3% | 24.1% |
| 2007 | – | 25.3% |
| 2006 | – | 27.0% |
| 2005 | 16.8% | 28.3% |
| 2004 | 19.2% | 30.3% |
| 2003 | 19.8% | 32.2% |
| 2002 | 21.2% | 33.7% |
| 2001 | 29.6% | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 8.6% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 10.9%, the figure has changed by −2.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 10.1%.
More for Colombia
All statistics for Colombia
Poverty rate at national poverty lines
31.8%
2024 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
4.1%
2024 · World Bank
Gini index
54.4 (0 to 100)
2024 · World Bank
Income share held by the richest 10%
42.7%
2024 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
14.7%
2024 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
37.0%
2024 · World Bank