Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Colombia
Colombia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 84.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Colombia, 1992–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a 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 of population living on less than $30 a day in Colombia peaked at 95.4% 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.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 93.4% | — |
| 1996 | 94.6% | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 94.6% | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 93.7% | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 95.4% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 93.5% | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 93.8% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 93.5% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 92.7% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 91.1% | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 91.3% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 90.2% | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 89.6% | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 89.2% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 88.3% | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 87.6% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 88.1% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 88.6% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 88.5% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 88.2% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 88.2% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 90.2% | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 87.2% | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 85.6% | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 85.0% | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 84.2% | -1.0% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 84.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.5%, 93% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 84.2% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 84.3%, 100% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 94.2% | 93.4% | 94.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 93.1% | 91.1% | 95.4% | 8 |
| 2010s | 88.7% | 87.6% | 90.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.5% | 84.2% | 90.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More poverty & inequality data for Colombia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Colombia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Colombia was 84.2% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 95.4% in 2001.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.2% in 2024.
- How does Colombia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Colombia ranks 69th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a 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 World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day. 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.