Between 2020 and 2021, monetary poverty in the country decreased by 3.2 p.p. However, it is still 3.6 p.p. above 2019.
In 2021, Colombia had 19,621,330 people in monetary poverty. This represented a reduction of 1.4 million people compared to 2020.
Compared to 2021, in 2019 there were 2.15 million fewer people in monetary poverty.
Monetary poverty in Colombia 2021
