Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and in Colombia

Colombia: Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and was 1.9% in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)
1.9%
Change on year
down 21.6%
World rank
36th
of 36 countries
All-time high
11.7%
in 2020
All-time low
1.9%
in 2022
Years of data
12
2010–2022

Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and in Colombia, 2010–2022

246810122010201620222010: 6.42011: 7.92012: 6.22014: 8.12015: 10.32016: 9.82017: 1.92018: 2.32019: 2.22020: 11.72021: 2.42022: 1.9

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Colombia recorded 1.9% for adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -all social protection and in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.6% on the previous year and down 70.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -all social protection and in Colombia peaked at 11.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.9%, in 2022.

That places Colombia 36th out of 36 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and in Colombia, year by year

Annual values for Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor -rural in Colombia, 2010 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2010 6.4%
2011 7.9% +24.1%
2012 6.2% -21.3%
2014 8.1% +29.4%
2015 10.3% +28.4%
2016 9.8% -4.8%
2017 1.9% -80.2%
2018 2.3% +19.7%
2019 2.2% -5.0%
2020 11.7% +426.4%
2021 2.4% -79.7%
2022 1.9% -21.6%

Colombia compared with similar countries

  • Colombia's 1.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 28.0%, 7% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
  • Colombia's 1.9% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 17.6%, 11% of the median. (14 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 6.1% 1.9% 10.3% 9
2020s 5.3% 1.9% 11.7% 3

Countries ranked near Colombia

  1. 33 El Salvador 5.9% compare
  2. 34 Malawi 5.7% compare
  3. 35 Honduras 3.4% compare

See the full ranking of 36 places →

More work & labour data for Colombia

All data for Colombia →

Frequently asked questions

What is adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -all social protection and in Colombia?
Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -all social protection and in Colombia was 1.9% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -all social protection and recorded in Colombia?
The highest recorded value was 11.7% in 2020.
What is the lowest adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -all social protection and recorded in Colombia?
The lowest recorded value was 1.9% in 2022.
How does Colombia rank for adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -all social protection and?
Colombia ranks 36th out of 36 countries with data for 2022.
Is adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -all social protection and rising or falling in Colombia?
Over the last ten years it is down 70.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Colombia data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor -rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 12 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and in Colombia. Statizoid, drawing on ASPIRE. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/adequacy-of-benefits-in-3rd-quintile-percent-all-social-protection-and-labor-rural/colombia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/adequacy-of-benefits-in-3rd-quintile-percent-all-social-protection-and-labor-rural/colombia/">Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and in Colombia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor -rural
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 352 data points, 2002–2023
Last refreshed

Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group