Poverty and living standards in Vaupes, Colombia: official figures
41.7% of the people of Vaupes were in multidimensional poverty in 2025, according to DANE (3rd highest of 33 departments and Bogota; Colombia 9.9%). That is up 4.3 percentage points from 2024 and down 26.8 percentage points from 2018, when it was 68.5%.
Is poverty higher in rural Vaupes?
In 2025 multidimensional poverty in Vaupes was 12.7% in municipal head towns and 52.6% in villages and rural areas (Colombia 6.3% and 22.4%). People in poverty were deprived in 42.2% of the weighted indicators on average.
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyHow many people in Vaupes lack clean water?
71.2% of people in Vaupes lived in households without access to an improved water source in 2025 (2nd highest of 33; Colombia 8.3%), and 63.2% in households without adequate sewage or toilet disposal (Colombia 9.2%).
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyHow many homes in Vaupes are overcrowded?
23.8% of people in Vaupes lived in critically overcrowded homes in 2025 (the highest of 33; Colombia 5.4%), and 35.7% 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 Vaupes?
84.1% of people in Vaupes lived in households where at least one worker was informal in 2025 (13th highest of 33; Colombia 70.0%), and 9.9% in households affected by long-term unemployment (Colombia 13.1%).
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyHow common is child labour in Vaupes?
In 2025, 0.5% of people in Vaupes lived in households with child labour (Colombia 1.2%), and 10.8% in households where young children faced barriers to early-childhood care services (Colombia 5.3%).
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyHow Vaupes compares with other departments
People in multidimensional poverty (2025)
Vaupes ranks 3 of 33, highest first.
| Rank | Region | People in multidimensional poverty |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vichada | 55.2% |
| 2 | Guainia | 51.8% |
| 3 | Vaupes | 41.7% |
| 4 | La Guajira | 40.1% |
| 5 | Choco | 30.8% |
| 6 | Sucre | 25.4% |
| 7 | Guaviare | 20.0% |
People in households without an improved water source (2025)
Vaupes ranks 2 of 33, highest first.
| Rank | Region | People in households without an improved water source |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guainia | 71.9% |
| 2 | Vaupes | 71.2% |
| 3 | San Andres and Providencia | 67.6% |
| 4 | Choco | 60.9% |
| 5 | Vichada | 58.3% |
| 6 | Amazonas | 56.9% |
| 7 | La Guajira | 45.3% |
People in households with informal work (2025)
Vaupes ranks 13 of 33, highest first.
| Rank | Region | People in households with informal work |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Caqueta | 86.0% |
| 11 | Guainia | 86.0% |
| 12 | Magdalena | 84.9% |
| 13 | Vaupes | 84.1% |
| 14 | Bolivar | 83.4% |
| 15 | Cesar | 83.3% |
| 16 | Guaviare | 82.7% |
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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…)
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