Colombia - Poverty headcount ratio

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Colombia was 10.30 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20.40 in 1999 and a minimum value of 4.00 in 2017.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1992 9.00
1996 16.70
1999 20.40
2000 16.80
2001 20.10
2002 13.20
2003 12.10
2004 11.20
2005 9.80
2008 10.40
2009 9.00
2010 7.80
2011 6.30
2012 6.20
2013 5.60
2014 5.00
2015 4.60
2016 4.50
2017 4.00
2018 4.20
2019 4.90
2020 10.30

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Colombia was 19.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37.70 in 2001 and a minimum value of 11.10 in 2017.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1992 23.10
1996 32.40
1999 36.40
2000 31.40
2001 37.70
2002 28.50
2003 27.70
2004 26.90
2005 23.90
2008 22.60
2009 20.70
2010 18.50
2011 16.50
2012 15.60
2013 14.20
2014 13.20
2015 11.90
2016 11.80
2017 11.10
2018 11.10
2019 12.70
2020 19.90

Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.

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Year Value
2019 35.70
2020 42.50

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Colombia was 38.30 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 61.40 in 2001 and a minimum value of 28.10 in 2017.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1992 47.10
1996 55.50
1999 58.90
2000 54.10
2001 61.40
2002 52.30
2003 51.60
2004 51.40
2005 47.50
2008 42.80
2009 41.40
2010 38.50
2011 35.70
2012 34.30
2013 32.20
2014 30.00
2015 29.00
2016 28.70
2017 28.10
2018 28.20
2019 29.40
2020 38.30

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates