Poverty & Inequality in Colombia

103 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Colombia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys 2025 up 12.5% 4th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 1.1% 83rd
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 27.8% 93rd
Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.65 live births per woman 2023 down 11.6% 144th
Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,422 kg per hectare 2024 up 17.8% 55th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 6.8% 142nd
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 2.81 % change on previous year 2024 down 80.7% 56th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 25.22 2023 up 28.0% 63rd
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 25.2% 2023 up 28.0% 63rd
Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 33.3% 146th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 14.1 % change on previous year 2023 up 1,143.6% 22nd
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -10 % change on previous year 2025 65th
Gender Inequality Index 0.393 2023 down 12.5% 73rd
Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 21.6% 2023 up 43.5% 67th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0935 2023 down 7.8% 140th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0935 2023 down 7.8% 140th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1187 2023 down 10.5% 127th
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 8.5% 2024 down 22.0% 34th
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 3.3% 2024 down 21.4% 32nd
Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 14.7% 2024 down 20.1% 41st
Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 37.0% 2024 down 11.7% 48th
Prosperity gap 4.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2024 down 7.8% 37th
Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4399 2023 up 7.6% 26th
Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 5.7% 2024 down 19.7% 34th
Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 30.0% 2024 down 4.8% 27th
Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 15.7% 2024 down 16.5% 46th
Population living in slums 9.7% 2022 down 26.0% 97th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.593 2023 up 4.4% 93rd
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.593 2023 up 4.4% 93rd
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.593 2023 up 4.4% 93rd
Proportion of population below international poverty line 8.5% 2024 down 22.0% 35th
Three metrics of inequality 74.92 2022 up 8.2% 2nd
Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.7492 2022 up 8.2% 2nd
Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 83.58 2023 down 16.1% 108th
Income share held by second 20% 7.1% 2024 down 1.4% 121st
Income share held by third 20% 11.5% 2024 down 4.2% 121st
Income share held by fourth 20% 19.3% 2024 down 2.5% 120th
Income share held by highest 20% 58.9% 2024 up 1.9% 3rd
Income share held by highest 10% 42.7% 2024 up 2.4% 2nd
Income share held by lowest 10% 1.0% 2024 unchanged 123rd
Income share held by lowest 20% 3.2% 2024 unchanged 123rd
Gini index 54.4 2024 up 1.5% 2nd
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 22.7% 2024 down 3.8% 3rd
Total shortfall from extreme poverty 1.93 billion international-$ in 2021 prices 2024 down 9.3% 22nd
Poverty gap index at $3 a day 3.3% 2024 down 20.1% 30th
Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0071 2024 down 19.4% 133rd
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.6444 2022 up 7.8% 6th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.6444 2022 up 7.8% 6th
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2024 unchanged 117th
Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 13,358 2017 up 40.2% 70th
Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 63.3% 2022 up 8.7% 3rd
Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 27.0% 2022 up 11.9% 3rd
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 8.5% 2024 down 22.3% 33rd
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.5438 2024 up 1.5% 2nd
Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 4.50 million people 2024 down 11.8% 25th
Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 8.5% 2024 down 22.3% 33rd
How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 8.5% 2024 down 22.3% 33rd
Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 8.5% 2024 down 22.3% 33rd
Distribution of population between different poverty lines 29.06 million people 2024 up 24.6% 26th
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 8.5% 2024 down 22.3% 33rd