Share of population living below national poverty lines in Colombia
Colombia: Share of population living below national poverty lines was 31.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of population living below national poverty lines in Colombia, 2012–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of population.
Analysis
In 2024, share of population living below national poverty lines in Colombia stood at 31.8%. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.1% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population living below national poverty lines in Colombia peaked at 43.1% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 31.8%, in 2024.
Colombia ranks 11th of 70 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Share of population living below national poverty lines in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 41.0% | — |
| 2013 | 38.7% | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 37.0% | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 36.8% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 36.8% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 35.9% | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 35.5% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 36.5% | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 43.1% | +18.1% |
| 2021 | 39.7% | -7.9% |
| 2022 | 36.6% | -7.8% |
| 2023 | 34.6% | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 31.8% | -8.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 37.3% | 35.5% | 41.0% | 8 |
| 2020s | 37.2% | 31.8% | 43.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 8 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 37.7% compare
- 9 Ethiopia 33.1% compare
- 9 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 33.1%
- 12 Republic of Moldova 31.6% compare
- 13 Mexico 29.6% compare
- 14 Peru 27.6% 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 of population living below national poverty lines in Colombia?
- Share of population living below national poverty lines in Colombia was 31.8% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of population living below national poverty lines recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 43.1% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of population living below national poverty lines recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.8% in 2024.
- How does Colombia rank for share of population living below national poverty lines?
- Colombia ranks 11th out of 70 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of population living below national poverty lines rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. 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) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of population living below national poverty lines. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.