Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP in Colombia

Colombia: Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP was 0.0274 in 2021. ▼ Falling

Latest (2021)
0.0274
Change on year
down 1.4%
World rank
44th
of 67 countries
All-time high
0.0359
in 1996
All-time low
0.0253
in 2004
Years of data
22
1996–2021

Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP in Colombia, 1996–2021

00.010.020.030.041996200820211996: 0.0361999: 0.0322000: 0.0282001: 0.0272002: 0.0272003: 0.0252004: 0.0252005: 0.0262008: 0.0262009: 0.0272010: 0.0272011: 0.0272012: 0.0272013: 0.0282014: 0.0282015: 0.0282016: 0.0272017: 0.0272018: 0.0272019: 0.0282020: 0.0282021: 0.027

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2021, real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp in Colombia stood at 0.0274.

That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp in Colombia peaked at 0.0359 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.0253, in 2004.

Colombia ranks 44th of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.

Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP in Colombia, year by year

Annual values for Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted, above primary education in Colombia, 1996 to 2021.
Year Value Change
1996 0.0359
1999 0.0323 -10.2%
2000 0.0281 -12.8%
2001 0.0268 -4.7%
2002 0.027 +0.7%
2003 0.0254 -6.1%
2004 0.0253 -0.1%
2005 0.0261 +3.2%
2008 0.0262 +0.1%
2009 0.0265 +1.3%
2010 0.0268 +1.0%
2011 0.0273 +1.9%
2012 0.0273 -0.2%
2013 0.0282 +3.3%
2014 0.0281 -0.3%
2015 0.0279 -0.8%
2016 0.0268 -3.8%
2017 0.0275 +2.6%
2018 0.0271 -1.5%
2019 0.0279 +3.0%
2020 0.0278 -0.4%
2021 0.0274 -1.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0341 0.0323 0.0359 2
2000s 0.0264 0.0253 0.0281 8
2010s 0.0275 0.0268 0.0282 10
2020s 0.0276 0.0274 0.0278 2

Countries ranked near Colombia

  1. 41 Denmark 0.0305 compare
  2. 42 Honduras 0.0294 compare
  3. 43 Bangladesh 0.0284 compare
  4. 45 Dominican Republic 0.0267 compare
  5. 46 Egypt 0.0267 compare
  6. 47 Indonesia 0.0258 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp in Colombia?
Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp in Colombia was 0.0274 in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp recorded in Colombia?
The highest recorded value was 0.0359 in 1996.
What is the lowest real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp recorded in Colombia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0253 in 2004.
How does Colombia rank for real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp?
Colombia ranks 44th out of 67 countries with data for 2021.
Is real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp rising or falling in Colombia?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Colombia data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted, above primary education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted, above primary education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
67 places, 888 data points, 1990–2021
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