Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Colombia
Colombia: Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate was 8.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Colombia, 1992–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Colombia is 8.5%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Colombia peaked at 29.6% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 8.5%, in 2024.
That places Colombia 32nd out of 118 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.0% | 16.0% | 28.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 20.2% | 15.1% | 29.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 11.1% | 9.5% | 13.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.7% | 8.5% | 15.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More poverty & inequality data for Colombia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.65 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,422 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 25.2% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.393 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 21.6% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0935 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0935 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1187 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4399 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Colombia?
- Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Colombia was 8.5% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 29.6% in 2001.
- What is the lowest cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.5% in 2024.
- How does Colombia rank for cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate?
- Colombia ranks 32nd out of 118 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.