Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st in Colombia

Colombia: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st was 0.6% in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)
0.6%
Change on year
up 15.5%
World rank
24th
of 25 countries
All-time high
1.4%
in 2020
All-time low
0.1%
in 2019
Years of data
10
2011–2022

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st in Colombia, 2011–2022

00.511.52011201620222011: 0.5282012: 0.7212014: 0.2362016: 0.8362017: 0.0922018: 0.0892019: 0.0662020: 1.42021: 0.4822022: 0.557

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Colombia recorded 0.6% for poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.5% on the previous year and down 22.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st in Colombia peaked at 1.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2019.

Colombia ranks 24th of 25 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st in Colombia, year by year

Annual values for Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Colombia, 2011 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2011 0.5%
2012 0.7% +36.6%
2014 0.2% -67.2%
2016 0.8% +253.8%
2017 0.1% -89.0%
2018 0.1% -2.5%
2019 0.1% -26.2%
2020 1.4% +2010.3%
2021 0.5% -65.4%
2022 0.6% +15.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.4% 0.1% 0.8% 7
2020s 0.8% 0.5% 1.4% 3

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Frequently asked questions

What is poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st in Colombia?
Poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st in Colombia was 0.6% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st recorded in Colombia?
The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 2020.
What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st recorded in Colombia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2019.
How does Colombia rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st?
Colombia ranks 24th out of 25 countries with data for 2022.
Is poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st rising or falling in Colombia?
Over the last ten years it is down 22.8%. 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 Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
25 places, 211 data points, 2004–2022
Last refreshed

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