Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Colombia
Colombia: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.5438 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Colombia, 1992–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2024, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Colombia stood at 0.5438.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Colombia peaked at 0.5853 in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.5092, in 2017.
Colombia ranks 2nd of 120 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Colombia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.5135 | — |
| 1996 | 0.5677 | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 0.5853 | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 0.5838 | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.5732 | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.5601 | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 0.5357 | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 0.5497 | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 0.5391 | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 0.5495 | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 0.5408 | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.5445 | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.5331 | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 0.5357 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.5353 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.5355 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.5202 | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 0.5172 | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.5092 | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.5164 | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.525 | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 0.5443 | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 0.5512 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 0.5482 | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.5458 | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.5438 | -0.4% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 0.5438 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3588, 1.5× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 0.5438 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4447, 1.2× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5555 | 0.5135 | 0.5853 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.554 | 0.5357 | 0.5838 | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.5272 | 0.5092 | 0.5445 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5467 | 0.5438 | 0.5512 | 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)
- 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 income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Colombia?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Colombia was 0.5438 in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5853 in 1999.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5092 in 2017.
- How does Colombia rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Colombia ranks 2nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. 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 Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.