Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Colombia

37.0% of people in Colombia lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1980.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1980 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Colombia, 2024 37.0% % of population
Change from 2023 −2.1percentage points 2023: 39.1%
World, 2024 46.2% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 12.6% Middle value of 5 countries

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Colombia over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period ColombiaWorld
2024 37.0% 46.2%
2023 39.1% 47.1%
2022 40.2% 48.3%
2021 44.0% 48.7%
2020 48.6% 50.4%
2019 41.8% –
2018 41.1% 50.4%
2017 41.0% 51.5%
2016 41.4% 52.4%
2015 41.3% 53.5%
2014 41.9% 54.7%
2013 44.1% 55.8%
2012 46.3% 57.5%
2011 47.0% 58.8%
2010 50.0% 60.2%
2009 52.2% 61.7%
2008 53.2% 62.5%
2007 – 63.6%
2006 – 65.0%
2005 59.1% 66.2%
2004 62.4% 67.4%
2003 63.3% 68.7%
2002 62.5% 69.3%
2001 71.5% 70.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.1 percentage points from 39.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 41.9%, the figure has changed by −4.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 46.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.UMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1980 to 2024 for Colombia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform