Poverty in Colombia dropped 6.7 points since 2021
Poverty in Colombia dropped 6.7 percentage points to 33% of the population between 2021 and 2023, according to statistics agency DANE. This means that last year some 15.8 million people…
Poverty in Colombia dropped 6.7 percentage points to 33% of the population between 2021 and 2023, according to statistics agency DANE. This means that last year some 15.8 million people…
Some 4.5 million people in Colombia face severe levels of acute food insecurity, according to the Global Report on Food Crises. The majority of these people were migrants, said the…
At least 233 children under five years old died of starvation in Colombia in 2023, according to the country’s Ombudsman’s Office. Ombudsman Carlos Camargo raised the alarm based on statistics…
The number of people living below Colombia’s poverty line dropped while people who consider themselves poor went up, according to statistics agency DANE. In its annual report on poverty, DANE…
Colombia has successfully reduced poverty and extreme wealth disparity over the past years, but continues to be one of the most unequal country in the Americas.
Farmers from multiple parts of Colombia say cocaine sales have collapsed after a surge in the production of the illicit drug. In an interview, coca farmers’ representative Leidy Diaz told…
The number of people in Colombia who lack access to food reached 30% in the last quarter of 2022, according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This…
President Gustavo Petro is struggling to find the money that is needed to prevent that millions of Colombia’s poorest families will be left without relief next month. According to Petro,…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is triggering an increase in poverty in Colombia and the rest of Latin America, according to the United Nations (UN). In a report, the UN’s Economic…