Poverty in Colombia

[2] The average national unemployment rate in 2017 was 9.4%,[3] although the informality is the biggest problem facing the labour market (the income of formal workers climbed 24.8% in 5 years while labor incomes of informal workers rose only 9%).

[4] According to the World Bank, Colombia's Gini coefficient (a measurement of inequality in wealth distribution) was 0.587 in 2000 and 0.535 in 2013, ranking alongside Chile, Panama, Brazil and Honduras as the most unequal Latin American countries in terms of wealth distribution.

[8] Although the system does not consider the income per person and the rules say that the residential real estate should stratify and not households.

[8] In 1994, this stratification policy was made into law in order to grant subsidies to the poorest residents.

[10] Critics of the system say that it impedes social mobility through stigmatization, while its proponents argue that it allows the poor to locate to areas where they will be able to access subsidized services.