Colombia vs Rwanda: Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data

Colombia

4.50 million people

in 2024

Rwanda

5.47 million people

in 2023

Colombia rank

25th

Rwanda rank

24th

Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data over time

Rwanda currently reports 5.47 million people against 4.50 million people in Colombia, a difference of 973,460 people.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.2 times Colombia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 6 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 25th and Rwanda ranks 24th of 120 countries.

Indicator: Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data
Unit: people
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of people living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.