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Borrero: 70% of Colombians earn under two minimum wages per hour

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Simón Borrero, co-founder and CEO of Rappi, details local economic realities in Colombia to explain why courier driver recruitment is effective.

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“In countries like Colombia, 70% of the population, seven zero percent, earn less than two minimum wages per hour”

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In Colombia, 70% of the population earns less than two minimum wages per hour.

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Assessment

Official statistics from Colombia's National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) for 2020 and 2021 show that an even larger proportion of the employed workforce—between 86% and 88.6%—earned up to two minimum wages (with around 50% to 63.8% earning up to one minimum wage). While Borrero correctly pointed out that the vast majority of Colombian workers earn less than two minimum wages, his cited figure of 70% underestimates the actual statistical proportion (~86-88%), and Colombia's legal minimum wage is formally defined as a monthly rate (SMMLV) rather than an hourly rate.

DANE GEIH 2020 statistics showed that 63.8% of employed workers earned up to 1 SMMLV and 24.8% earned between 1 and 2 SMMLV, totaling 88.6% earning two minimum wages or less.
DANE GEIH 2021 figures confirmed that approximately 86% of workers in Colombia earned up to two minimum wages.

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[1] bloomberglinea.com [2] substack.com [3] salariominimocolombia.net [4] dane.gov.co [5] dane.gov.co [6] dane.gov.co [7] larepublica.co [8] forbes.co

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