Colombia Hit Lowest Poverty in a Decade — Is It Enough?

2026-03-24 - 12:00

Key Points — President Petro claims nearly four million Colombians have exited poverty under his administration, but official statistics agency data shows approximately 2.9 million left monetary poverty in 2023 and 2024 combined — Colombia’s poverty rate of 31.8% in 2024 is the lowest since statistics agency DANE began using its current methodology in 2012,