Income inequality: Atkinson index in Colombia
Colombia: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.4399 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Colombia, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 0.4399 for income inequality: atkinson index in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Colombia peaked at 0.4399 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.368, in 2017.
Colombia ranks 26th of 174 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Colombia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.4314 | — |
| 2011 | 0.4215 | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 0.4062 | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 0.409 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.4049 | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3824 | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3799 | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.368 | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 0.3745 | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.3971 | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4399 | +10.8% |
| 2021 | 0.4399 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4399 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.4399 | +0.0% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 0.4399 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2515, 1.7× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 0.4399 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.3457, 1.3× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3975 | 0.368 | 0.4314 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4399 | 0.4399 | 0.4399 | 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 income inequality: atkinson index in Colombia?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Colombia was 0.4399 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4399 in 2020.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.368 in 2017.
- How does Colombia rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Colombia ranks 26th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.