In 2019, poverty gap at $1.9 a day for Colombia was 1.9 %. Before poverty gap at $1.9 a day of Colombia started to increase to reach a level of 1.9 % in 2019, it went through a trough reaching a low of 1.6 % in 2017.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $1.90 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
Date | Value | Change, % |
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2019 | 1.9 | 11.76% |
2018 | 1.7 | 6.25% |
2017 | 1.6 | -11.11% |
2016 | 1.8 | 5.88% |
2015 | 1.7 | -15.00% |
2014 | 2.0 | -9.09% |
2013 | 2.2 | -4.35% |
2012 | 2.3 | 0.00% |
2011 | 2.3 | -17.86% |
2010 | 2.8 | -17.65% |
2009 | 3.4 | -17.07% |
2008 | 4.1 |