Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — Colombia

Extreme poverty rate in Colombia in 2024 — 8.5%. Ranked 23 in the world out of 25. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 20 pp.

2024 8.5% −0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 23of 25
Period maximum 29.6%2001
Period minimum 8.5%2024

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Colombia, 1980–2024010203019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 28.5%1988: 21.4%1989: 21.3%1991: 19.3%1992: 16%1996: 24.8%1999: 28.2%2000: 23.9%2001: 29.6%2002: 21.2%2003: 19.8%2004: 19.2%2005: 16.8%2008: 16.3%2009: 15.1%2010: 13.3%2011: 11.3%2012: 12.7%2013: 11.8%2014: 10.9%2015: 10.2%2016: 10.1%2017: 9.5%2018: 9.8%2019: 11.3%2020: 15.8%2021: 11.2%2022: 9.3%2023: 8.6%2024: 8.5%
Change over the period: −20 pp Annual average: -0.45 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Colombia

Colombia 8.5%
World 10.4%
South America computed 3.7%
Extreme poverty rate — Colombia, by year Colombia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 8.5 −0.1 pp
2023 8.6 −0.7 pp
2022 9.3 −1.9 pp
2021 11.2 −4.6 pp
2020 15.8 +4.5 pp
2019 11.3 +1.5 pp
2018 9.8 +0.3 pp
2017 9.5 −0.6 pp
2016 10.1 −0.1 pp
2015 10.2 −0.7 pp
2014 10.9 −0.9 pp
2013 11.8 −0.9 pp
2012 12.7 +1.4 pp
2011 11.3 −2 pp
2010 13.3 −1.8 pp
2009 15.1 −1.2 pp
2008 16.3
2005 16.8 −2.4 pp
2004 19.2 −0.6 pp
2003 19.8 −1.4 pp
2002 21.2 −8.4 pp
2001 29.6 +5.7 pp
2000 23.9 −4.3 pp
1999 28.2
1996 24.8
1992 16 −3.3 pp
1991 19.3
1989 21.3 −0.1 pp
1988 21.4
1980 28.5

South America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption or income falls below the international extreme poverty line — $2.15 a day in 2017 prices at purchasing power parity. This is the very indicator by which the first UN Sustainable Development Goal is tracked. The line is revised as the PPP conversion factors are updated, so historical values are recalculated retrospectively.

Important: The estimates are built on household surveys held once every few years; between surveys the values are interpolated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.