This Tuesday, May 23, the National Department of Statistics (Dane) showed the results of the Multidimensional Poverty Index of Colombia in 2022, which was located at 12.9 percent. Although there are still 6.6 million people who are in a situation of multidimensional poverty, the truth is that compared to 2021 the number had a reduction of 1.47 million people.
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Beyond measuring income and monetary poverty, the indicator considers different aspects to measure the level of well-being or the quality of life of Colombians. In total there are five dimensions that are taken into account: the educational conditions of the home, children and youth, health, work and access to public services, and housing conditions.
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by regions, the Caribbean increased the highest score in the index with 21.4 percent; followed in second place by the Pacific region, without counting the Valley, with 20.7 percent; in third the Central, with 11.7 percent; the Oriental and the department of Antioquia, with 10.7 percent; Valle del Cauca with 9.7 percent and finally Bogotá with 3.8 percent.
While by type of population, Venezuelan migrants were the ones with the highest incidence of multidimensional poverty, with 42.2 percent; the indigenous population had 39 percent; peasants 23.5 percent and Afro-Colombians 22.3 percent.
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General results according to dimensions
Labor informality continues to be a problem in Colombia, The Dane reported that in 2022, 72.7 percent of households continue to present this condition, however, it stands out that, like almost all the others, it presented a reduction, specifically of 0.8 percentage points compared to 2021.
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Despite the fact that school lag, also known as the decrease between age and grade was 24.3 percent and continues to be high, this presented a reduction of 0.6 percent; another achievement was illiteracy for the countryside, which went from 8.4 percent in 2021 to 7.7 percent in 2022; inappropriate ways of eliminating excreta stood at 9.7 percent, a drop of 0.7 percent.
For its part, the critical incident remained at 7.4 percent; inadequate flooring material 5.6 percent; barriers to access to health services 2 percent; inadequate material for exterior walls 2.3 percent; child labor 1.2 percent and low educational attainment increased 0.1 percentage points, settling at 40.9 percent.
JUAN DAVID CANO LOPERA
School of Multimedia Journalism EL TIEMPO
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