Poverty and living standards in Sucre, Colombia: official figures
25.4% of the people of Sucre were in multidimensional poverty in 2025, according to DANE (6th highest of 33 departments and Bogota; Colombia 9.9%). That is up 3.6 percentage points from 2024 and down 16.3 percentage points from 2018, when it was 41.7%.
Is poverty higher in rural Sucre?
In 2025 multidimensional poverty in Sucre was 16.7% in municipal head towns and 38.8% in villages and rural areas (Colombia 6.3% and 22.4%). People in poverty were deprived in 40.8% of the weighted indicators on average.
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyAre women poorer than men in Sucre?
In 2025, 24.5% of women and girls and 26.3% of men and boys in Sucre were in multidimensional poverty, according to DANE's survey of living conditions.
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyHow many people in Sucre lack clean water?
8.1% of people in Sucre lived in households without access to an improved water source in 2025 (14th lowest of 33; Colombia 8.3%), and 21.7% in households without adequate sewage or toilet disposal (Colombia 9.2%).
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyHow many homes in Sucre are overcrowded?
11.0% of people in Sucre lived in critically overcrowded homes in 2025 (8th highest of 33; Colombia 5.4%), and 19.6% 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 Sucre?
87.7% of people in Sucre lived in households where at least one worker was informal in 2025 (tied for 7th highest of 33; Colombia 70.0%), and 11.5% in households affected by long-term unemployment (Colombia 13.1%).
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyHow common is child labour in Sucre?
In 2025, 1.8% of people in Sucre lived in households with child labour (Colombia 1.2%), and 7.9% 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 Sucre?
51.8% of the people of Sucre were in monetary poverty in 2025, about 518,000 people (3rd highest of 24 areas DANE reports; Colombia 28.0%). The rate was 57.5% in 2024 and 60.9% in 2021.
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyHow many people live in extreme poverty in Sucre?
19.1% of the people of Sucre were in extreme monetary poverty in 2025, about 191,000 people, meaning their household income per person was below the cost of a basic food basket (4th highest of 24; Colombia 9.6%). It was 23.7% in 2024.
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyWhat is the poverty line in Sucre?
Average household income per person in Sucre was 625,069 pesos a month in 2025 (Colombia 1,281,590), against a monetary poverty line of 397,181 pesos per person a month. The Gini coefficient of income inequality was 0.503 (7th highest of 24; Colombia 0.531).
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyAre women more likely to be poor in Sucre?
In 2025, 52.5% of women and 51.2% of men in Sucre were in monetary poverty (Colombia 29.1% and 26.8%).
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyHow Sucre compares with other departments
People in multidimensional poverty (2025)
Sucre ranks 6 of 33, highest first.
| Rank | Region | People in multidimensional poverty |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Vaupes | 41.7% |
| 4 | La Guajira | 40.1% |
| 5 | Choco | 30.8% |
| 6 | Sucre | 25.4% |
| 7 | Guaviare | 20.0% |
| 8 | Cordoba | 19.8% |
| 9 | Amazonas | 18.1% |
People in monetary poverty (2025)
Sucre ranks 3 of 24, highest first. DANE reports 23 departments and Bogota
| Rank | Region | People in monetary poverty |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Choco | 65.3% |
| 2 | La Guajira | 60.2% |
| 3 | Sucre | 51.8% |
| 4 | Magdalena | 46.5% |
| 5 | Bolivar | 44.8% |
| 6 | Cesar | 44.4% |
| 7 | Cordoba | 44.0% |
People in extreme monetary poverty (2025)
Sucre ranks 4 of 24, highest first. DANE reports 23 departments and Bogota
| Rank | Region | People in extreme monetary poverty |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Choco | 44.3% |
| 2 | La Guajira | 33.8% |
| 3 | Magdalena | 21.5% |
| 4 | Sucre | 19.1% |
| 5 | Cauca | 18.5% |
| 6 | Cordoba | 17.9% |
| 7 | Cesar | 16.5% |
People in households without an improved water source (2025)
Sucre ranks 20 of 33, highest first.
| Rank | Region | People in households without an improved water source |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | Magdalena | 10.4% |
| 18 | Tolima | 9.0% |
| 19 | Huila | 8.5% |
| 20 | Sucre | 8.1% |
| 21 | Santander | 7.0% |
| 22 | Caldas | 7.0% |
| 23 | Antioquia | 6.8% |
People in households with informal work (2025)
Sucre ranks 8 of 33, highest first.
| Rank | Region | People in households with informal work |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Narino | 88.4% |
| 6 | Cauca | 88.3% |
| 7 | Cordoba | 87.7% |
| 8 | Sucre | 87.7% |
| 9 | Putumayo | 87.7% |
| 10 | Caqueta | 86.0% |
| 11 | Guainia | 86.0% |
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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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