Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Colombia
14.7% of people in Colombia lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1980.
Colombia, 2024
14.7%
Change from 2023
−0.5percentage points
World, 2024
18.2%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
2.6%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 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 | 14.7% | 18.2% |
| 2023 | 15.2% | 19.3% |
| 2022 | 15.8% | 20.5% |
| 2021 | 18.4% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 23.8% | 22.1% |
| 2019 | 18.5% | – |
| 2018 | 17.0% | 22.3% |
| 2017 | 16.6% | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 17.1% | 24.9% |
| 2015 | 17.4% | 26.3% |
| 2014 | 18.4% | 27.9% |
| 2013 | 19.3% | 29.3% |
| 2012 | 21.0% | 32.0% |
| 2011 | 19.9% | 33.6% |
| 2010 | 22.6% | 35.8% |
| 2009 | 24.9% | 38.1% |
| 2008 | 26.2% | 39.3% |
| 2007 | – | 40.5% |
| 2006 | – | 42.2% |
| 2005 | 28.5% | 43.7% |
| 2004 | 32.1% | 45.4% |
| 2003 | 32.2% | 47.2% |
| 2002 | 34.0% | 48.6% |
| 2001 | 42.9% | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 15.2% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 18.4%, the figure has changed by −3.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 18.2%.