Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Colombia
Colombia: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men was 0.1187 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Colombia, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Colombia is 0.1187, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.5% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Colombia peaked at 0.3604 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.1187, in 2023.
Colombia ranks 127th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Colombia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.3604 | — |
| 1951 | 0.3542 | -1.7% |
| 1952 | 0.3467 | -2.1% |
| 1953 | 0.3395 | -2.1% |
| 1954 | 0.3329 | -1.9% |
| 1955 | 0.3263 | -2.0% |
| 1956 | 0.32 | -1.9% |
| 1957 | 0.3038 | -5.1% |
| 1958 | 0.2972 | -2.2% |
| 1959 | 0.2851 | -4.0% |
| 1960 | 0.2773 | -2.7% |
| 1961 | 0.2711 | -2.2% |
| 1962 | 0.2654 | -2.1% |
| 1963 | 0.2596 | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 0.2548 | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 0.2498 | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 0.2449 | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 0.2404 | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 0.2361 | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 0.2325 | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 0.2294 | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 0.2256 | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 0.2215 | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 0.2181 | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 0.2134 | -2.2% |
| 1975 | 0.2094 | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 0.2056 | -1.8% |
| 1977 | 0.2031 | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 0.2003 | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 0.1984 | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 0.1947 | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 0.1925 | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.1903 | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.1872 | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.1841 | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 0.2 | +8.7% |
| 1986 | 0.1855 | -7.3% |
| 1987 | 0.1875 | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 0.1876 | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.1864 | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 0.1882 | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 0.1889 | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.1895 | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.1863 | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.183 | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.1794 | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 0.1769 | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 0.1751 | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.1741 | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.1743 | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.1745 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.1721 | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.1691 | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 0.1618 | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 0.1573 | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 0.153 | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 0.1497 | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.1477 | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.1455 | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.1428 | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 0.1414 | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.1382 | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.1352 | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.1326 | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 0.1306 | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 0.129 | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.1281 | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.1274 | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.1271 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.1256 | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.1288 | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 0.14 | +8.8% |
| 2022 | 0.1243 | -11.2% |
| 2023 | 0.1187 | -4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.3266 | 0.2851 | 0.3604 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.2532 | 0.2325 | 0.2773 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2125 | 0.1984 | 0.2294 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1896 | 0.1841 | 0.2 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1816 | 0.1741 | 0.1895 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1574 | 0.1428 | 0.1745 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1315 | 0.1256 | 0.1414 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.128 | 0.1187 | 0.14 | 4 |
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)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 2.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 25.22 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 25.2% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Colombia?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Colombia was 0.1187 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3604 in 1950.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1187 in 2023.
- How does Colombia rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?
- Colombia ranks 127th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.