Almost half of Colombia’s countryside lives below poverty line

Almost half of Colombia’s countryside lives below poverty line
Posted by Adriaan Alsema on Aug 12, 2015

Almost half of Colombia’s rural population — 44.7% to be exact — lives below the poverty line, according to the country’s statistics agency DANE.

The statistics agency held a census in rural areas similar to 2005 when it measured that 73.7% of the country’s rural population lived in poverty.

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Fifty-nine per cent of agrarian production units own less than five hectares, which corresponds to less than 5% of the national territory. That’s where the inequality is,” Santos said, adding that “this is the concentration (of property) we need to correct.”

According to a 2011 report by the UN’s development program, 1.15% of Colombia’s population owns 52% of the country’s land.

http://colombiareports.com/almost-half-of-colombias-countryside-lives-under-poverty-line/