Inflación del 2025 golpeó más a pobres que a ricos y clase media en Colombia, ¿aumentará la pobreza en 2026?
El cierre de 2025 dejó una postal contradictoria. El Gobierno Petro celebró que la inflación anual terminara en 5,10%, apenas por debajo del 5,20% de ...
TL;DR
- Colombia's 2025 annual inflation closed at 5.10%, slightly down from 5.20% in 2024.
- The inflation rate has remained outside the Banco de la República's target range for five consecutive years.
- Inflation affected different income levels asymmetrically: it decreased for high and middle-income households but increased for poor and vulnerable households.
- For high-income households, inflation was 5.17% in 2025, down from 5.51% in 2024.
- For middle-income households, inflation was 5.11% in 2025, down from 5.17% in 2024.
- For poor and vulnerable households, inflation was 4.97% in 2025, an increase from 4.89% and 4.94% respectively in 2024.
- The rise in food prices was a major driver of inflation for lower-income groups.
- Economists view inflation as a regressive tax, emphasizing that the impact of price increases is not uniform across society.
- There are concerns that the 2026 minimum wage adjustment could push inflation above 7%.