Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Colombia

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Colombia in 2024 — 37%. Ranked 16 in the world out of 25. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 28.3 pp.

2024 37% −2.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 16of 25
Period maximum 71.5%2001
Period minimum 37%2024

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Colombia, 1980–202430405060708019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 65.3%1988: 59.4%1989: 60.7%1991: 57.6%1992: 60.3%1996: 66.7%1999: 69.2%2000: 65.4%2001: 71.5%2002: 62.5%2003: 63.3%2004: 62.4%2005: 59.1%2008: 53.2%2009: 52.2%2010: 50%2011: 47%2012: 46.3%2013: 44.1%2014: 41.9%2015: 41.3%2016: 41.4%2017: 41%2018: 41.1%2019: 41.8%2020: 48.6%2021: 44%2022: 40.2%2023: 39.1%2024: 37%
Change over the period: −28.3 pp Annual average: -0.64 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Colombia 37%
World 46.1%
South America computed 22.98%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Colombia, by year Colombia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 37 −2.1 pp
2023 39.1 −1.1 pp
2022 40.2 −3.8 pp
2021 44 −4.6 pp
2020 48.6 +6.8 pp
2019 41.8 +0.7 pp
2018 41.1 +0.1 pp
2017 41 −0.4 pp
2016 41.4 +0.1 pp
2015 41.3 −0.6 pp
2014 41.9 −2.2 pp
2013 44.1 −2.2 pp
2012 46.3 −0.7 pp
2011 47 −3 pp
2010 50 −2.2 pp
2009 52.2 −1 pp
2008 53.2
2005 59.1 −3.3 pp
2004 62.4 −0.9 pp
2003 63.3 +0.8 pp
2002 62.5 −9 pp
2001 71.5 +6.1 pp
2000 65.4 −3.8 pp
1999 69.2
1996 66.7
1992 60.3 +2.7 pp
1991 57.6
1989 60.7 +1.3 pp
1988 59.4
1980 65.3

South America, 2024

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

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

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