Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Colombia
Colombia: Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption was 37.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Colombia, 1992–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Colombia stood at 37.0%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.3% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Colombia peaked at 71.5% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 37.0%, in 2024.
Colombia ranks 46th 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.
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 60.3% | — |
| 1996 | 66.7% | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 69.2% | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 65.4% | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 71.5% | +9.2% |
| 2002 | 62.5% | -12.6% |
| 2003 | 63.3% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 62.4% | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 59.1% | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 53.2% | -10.0% |
| 2009 | 52.2% | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 50.0% | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 47.0% | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 46.3% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 44.1% | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 41.9% | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 41.3% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 41.4% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 41.0% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 41.1% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 41.8% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 48.6% | +16.3% |
| 2021 | 44.0% | -9.5% |
| 2022 | 40.2% | -8.7% |
| 2023 | 39.1% | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 37.0% | -5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 65.4% | 60.3% | 69.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 61.2% | 52.2% | 71.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 43.6% | 41.0% | 50.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.7% | 37.0% | 48.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 43 Nicaragua 46.5% compare
- 44 Georgia 45.6% compare
- 45 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 43.3% compare
- 47 Peru 36.2% compare
- 48 Iran, Islamic Republic of 36.0% compare
- 49 Azerbaijan 35.9% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Colombia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Colombia?
- Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Colombia was 37.0% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 71.5% in 2001.
- What is the lowest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.0% in 2024.
- How does Colombia rank for share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption?
- Colombia ranks 46th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. 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 Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $8.30 per day.