Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Colombia
Colombia: Poverty share on less than 30 per day was 84.2 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Colombia, 1992–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty share on less than 30 per day in Colombia is 84.2, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day in Colombia peaked at 95.36 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 84.2, in 2024.
Colombia ranks 69th of 120 countries on this measure, 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 | 94.19 | 93.36 | 94.63 | 3 |
| 2000s | 93.14 | 91.13 | 95.36 | 8 |
| 2010s | 88.65 | 87.6 | 90.19 | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.46 | 84.2 | 90.24 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More poverty & inequality data for Colombia
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 9 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.65 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 4,422 (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 25.22 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.393 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 21.65 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0935 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0935 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1187 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.4399 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty share on less than 30 per day in Colombia?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Colombia was 84.2 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 95.36 in 2001.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.2 in 2024.
- How does Colombia rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day?
- Colombia ranks 69th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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