Colombia’s multidimensional poverty rate dropped 1.6 point to 9.9% last year, according to statistics agency DANE.
Last year’s decline in poverty continued a seven-year downward trend that was briefly interrupted in 2020 as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The multidimensional poverty rate, which also measures access to education and available infrastructure, had been reduced by more than two thirds since 2010 when the rate stood at 29.7%.
Multidimensional poverty rate
The Bogota Capital District registered the lowest rate with 2.2%.
The highest rates were registered in the sparsely inhabited Amazon / Orinoco region in the southeast where the rate last year dropped to 18.2% compared to 20.3% in 2024.
The southeastern Vichada province registered the highest poverty rate in the country with 55.2%.
Poverty rate per province
Last year’s traditional poverty rates, which are much higher, are not expected until July.
