Poverty and living standards in Narino, Colombia: official figures
13.2% of the people of Narino were in multidimensional poverty in 2025, according to DANE (16th highest of 33 departments and Bogota; Colombia 9.9%). That is down 4.9 percentage points from 2024 and down 19.9 percentage points from 2018, when it was 33.1%.
Is poverty higher in rural Narino?
In 2025 multidimensional poverty in Narino was 8.2% in municipal head towns and 17.2% in villages and rural areas (Colombia 6.3% and 22.4%). People in poverty were deprived in 40.2% of the weighted indicators on average.
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyAre women poorer than men in Narino?
In 2025, 12.8% of women and girls and 13.7% of men and boys in Narino were in multidimensional poverty, according to DANE's survey of living conditions.
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyHow many people in Narino lack clean water?
20.1% of people in Narino lived in households without access to an improved water source in 2025 (10th highest of 33; Colombia 8.3%), and 20.5% in households without adequate sewage or toilet disposal (Colombia 9.2%).
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyHow many homes in Narino are overcrowded?
5.2% of people in Narino lived in critically overcrowded homes in 2025 (14th lowest of 33; Colombia 5.4%), and 1.8% in homes with inadequate floors such as earth (Colombia 4.6%).
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyHow common is informal work in Narino?
88.4% of people in Narino lived in households where at least one worker was informal in 2025 (5th highest of 33; Colombia 70.0%), and 10.7% in households affected by long-term unemployment (Colombia 13.1%).
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyHow common is child labour in Narino?
In 2025, 2.1% of people in Narino lived in households with child labour (Colombia 1.2%), and 2.0% in households where young children faced barriers to early-childhood care services (Colombia 5.3%).
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyWhat is the poverty rate in Narino?
33.4% of the people of Narino were in monetary poverty in 2025, about 547,000 people (12th highest of 24 areas DANE reports; Colombia 28.0%). The rate was 39.2% in 2024 and 41.8% in 2021.
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyHow many people live in extreme poverty in Narino?
10.1% of the people of Narino were in extreme monetary poverty in 2025, about 165,000 people, meaning their household income per person was below the cost of a basic food basket (12th highest of 24; Colombia 9.6%). It was 15.3% in 2024.
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyWhat is the poverty line in Narino?
Average household income per person in Narino was 783,314 pesos a month in 2025 (Colombia 1,281,590), against a monetary poverty line of 391,510 pesos per person a month. The Gini coefficient of income inequality was 0.486 (10th lowest of 24; Colombia 0.531).
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyAre women more likely to be poor in Narino?
In 2025, 35.5% of women and 31.2% of men in Narino were in monetary poverty (Colombia 29.1% and 26.8%).
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyHow Narino compares with other departments
People in multidimensional poverty (2025)
Narino ranks 16 of 33, highest first.
| Rank | Region | People in multidimensional poverty |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Cesar | 14.8% |
| 14 | Putumayo | 13.6% |
| 15 | Norte de Santander | 13.3% |
| 16 | Narino | 13.2% |
| 17 | Cauca | 13.0% |
| 18 | Arauca | 12.7% |
| 19 | Meta | 12.3% |
People in monetary poverty (2025)
Narino ranks 12 of 24, highest first. DANE reports 23 departments and Bogota
| Rank | Region | People in monetary poverty |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Huila | 39.8% |
| 10 | Caqueta | 34.9% |
| 11 | Norte de Santander | 33.7% |
| 12 | Narino | 33.4% |
| 13 | Boyaca | 31.6% |
| 14 | Tolima | 28.0% |
| 15 | Atlantico | 27.3% |
People in extreme monetary poverty (2025)
Narino ranks 12 of 24, highest first. DANE reports 23 departments and Bogota
| Rank | Region | People in extreme monetary poverty |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Huila | 14.5% |
| 10 | Caqueta | 12.3% |
| 11 | Boyaca | 10.6% |
| 12 | Narino | 10.1% |
| 13 | Meta | 8.0% |
| 14 | Norte de Santander | 7.9% |
| 15 | Valle del Cauca | 7.7% |
People in households without an improved water source (2025)
Narino ranks 10 of 33, highest first.
| Rank | Region | People in households without an improved water source |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | La Guajira | 45.3% |
| 8 | Putumayo | 30.0% |
| 9 | Guaviare | 29.9% |
| 10 | Narino | 20.1% |
| 11 | Caqueta | 19.3% |
| 12 | Cordoba | 16.7% |
| 13 | Cauca | 16.4% |
People in households with informal work (2025)
Narino ranks 5 of 33, highest first.
| Rank | Region | People in households with informal work |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | La Guajira | 90.6% |
| 3 | Arauca | 89.4% |
| 4 | Choco | 89.1% |
| 5 | Narino | 88.4% |
| 6 | Cauca | 88.3% |
| 7 | Cordoba | 87.7% |
| 8 | Sucre | 87.7% |
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Sources
- Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE): Pobreza multidimensional, anexo departamental 2025 (Encuesta Nacional de Calidad de Vida): incidence by department and area, household deprivations by indicator, intensity and incidence by sex, 2018-2025 (updated 14 April 2026), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 73caab08046d…)
- Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE): Pobreza monetaria y desigualdad, anexo departamental 2025 (GEIH): incidence of monetary and extreme monetary poverty, people in poverty, per-capita income, poverty lines and Gini, total national, 23 departments and Bogota D.C., 2021-2025 (published 12 August 2026), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 e27a18ee48d0…)
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