According to the most recent report from the Dannypublished last week, in 2023 the 33% of Colombians was in condition monetary poverty, which fell by 3.6 percentage points compared to 2022, when it was 36.6%. In this CaribbeanMeanwhile last year the 49.4% of coastal residents were in financial povertyand in 2022 the 54.1%Yesand reduced by 4.7 percentage points.
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The department on the Coast with the highest percentage of people in this situation was that in 2023 The Guajira, with 65.3%, and the one that registered the lowest incidence level wasand Atlantic Ocean, by 29.2%. And those who stood out by reducing it were also Bolivar, where it fell from 56.0% to 46.6%, and Atlántico, where it fell from 37.7%.
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But by department, in La Guajira in 2022, 65.4% of the people were in a state of monetary poverty; in Sugar In 2022 this was 60.4% and in 2023 this was reduced to 54.5%; in To hold up increased from 51.9% to 52.2%; in Cordoba In 2022 it was 54% and by 2023 it dropped to 50.4%; in Cupcake went from 53.9% to 47.6%, and within Bolivar ranged from 56% to 46.6%. It was below the national total Atlantic Ocean. The only one that grew was Cesar, which rose 0.3%, while La Guajira fell -0.1%; Cordoba, -3.6%; Sucre, -5.9%; Magdalena, -6.3%; Atlántico, -8.5%, and Bolívar, -9.4%.
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Source: El heraldo
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