Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Colombia
31.8% of people in Colombia lived below the national poverty line in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2012.
Colombia, 2024
31.8%
Change from 2023
−2.8percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
20.3%
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Colombia over time
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Colombia
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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 |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 31.8% |
| 2023 | 34.6% |
| 2022 | 36.6% |
| 2021 | 39.7% |
| 2020 | 43.1% |
| 2019 | 36.5% |
| 2018 | 35.5% |
| 2017 | 35.9% |
| 2016 | 36.8% |
| 2015 | 36.8% |
| 2014 | 37.0% |
| 2013 | 38.7% |
| 2012 | 41.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.8 percentage points from 34.6% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 37.0%, the figure has changed by −5.2 percentage points.