Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Colombia
Colombia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 88.4% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Colombia, 1992–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 88.4% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Colombia peaked at 96.2% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 88.4%, in 2022.
Colombia ranks 73rd of 119 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 94.8% | — |
| 1996 | 95.6% | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 95.8% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 94.9% | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 96.2% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 94.8% | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 95.1% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 94.8% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 94.4% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 93.0% | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 93.1% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 92.2% | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 91.7% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 91.7% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 90.9% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 90.3% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 90.8% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 91.2% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 91.3% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 91.0% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 90.8% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 92.4% | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 89.7% | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 88.4% | -1.5% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 88.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.3%, 93% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 88.4% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 92.0%, 96% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 95.4% | 94.8% | 95.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 94.5% | 93.0% | 96.2% | 8 |
| 2010s | 91.2% | 90.3% | 92.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.2% | 88.4% | 92.4% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More poverty & inequality data for Colombia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Colombia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Colombia was 88.4% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 96.2% in 2001.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.4% in 2022.
- How does Colombia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Colombia ranks 73rd out of 119 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.