Poverty & Inequality in Colombia 103 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Colombia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 8.5% 2024 down 22.3% 33rd Distribution of population between different poverty lines 5.48 million people 2024 up 51.3% 24th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 84.2% 2024 down 3.9% 69th Share of population living in extreme poverty 8.5% 2024 down 22.3% 33rd Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 37.0% 2024 down 11.7% 46th Number of people living in extreme poverty 48.39 million people 2024 up 16.7% 25th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 4.50 million people 2024 down 11.8% 25th Number of people living in extreme poverty 4.50 million people 2024 down 11.8% 25th Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 37.0% 2024 down 11.7% 46th The share and number of people living in extreme poverty 8.5% 2024 down 22.3% 33rd Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 16.4% 2024 down 4.7% 3rd Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 22.7% 2024 down 3.6% 3rd Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median 29.1% 2024 down 2.3% 2nd Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day 89.6% 2024 down 2.8% 72nd Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time 8.5% 2024 down 22.3% 33rd Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty 14.7% 2024 down 20.2% 39th Share of global population living in extreme poverty including and excluding China 8.5% 2024 down 22.3% 33rd Share of the population in poverty vs. Electoral Democracy Index 45.1% 2024 down 9.7% 49th Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data 4.50 million people 2024 down 11.8% 25th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 5.48 million people 2024 up 51.3% 24th Gini coefficient 0.5438 2024 up 1.5% 2nd Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty 3.7% 2016 down 26.0% 68th Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate 8.5% 2024 down 22.3% 32nd Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 31.8% 2024 down 14.1% 11th Share of population living below national poverty lines 31.8% 2024 down 14.1% 11th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 8.8% 2024 down 24.8% 5th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5084 2023 up 3.6% 2nd Gini coefficient (after tax) 0.5084 2023 up 3.6% 2nd Distribution of population between different poverty lines (2011 prices) 23.36 million people 2022 up 27.3% 24th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices) 5.7% 2022 down 9.0% 34th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 88.4% 2022 down 3.6% 73rd Share of population living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 5.7% 2022 down 9.0% 34th Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 2.95 million people 2022 up 3.2% 26th Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 13.1% 2022 down 16.0% 41st Share of population living on less than the upper-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 29.2% 2022 down 14.7% 47th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 prices) 6.0% 2022 down 10.1% 35th Employed population below international poverty line, by sex and age 4.3% 2023 down 31.4% 9th Proportion of population living below the national poverty line 31.8% 2024 down 14.1% 10th Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty 9.9% 2025 down 50.0% 48th [ILO] Proportion of population covered by at least one social 58.3% 2025 up 42.9% 14th Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions 12.1% 2023 down 50.2% 41st Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 3.9% 2017 down 62.5% 15th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio 18.1% 2020 down 39.1% 27th ← Previous Page 2 of 2