GOYN Barranquilla & Nuestra Barranquilla (OurCity): 2025 Annual Report (Spanish)

Overview of Youth in Barranquilla
Transformative Connections: A Holistic Perspective on the Challenges and Opportunities Facing Youth, Particularly Opportunity Youth

This report presents a comprehensive overview of the youth population in Barranquilla, structured around key dimensions such as sociodemographics, education and productive inclusion, socio-emotional health and social fabric, as well as civic participation and territorial engagement.

The analysis focuses on how social connections serve as a key factor for protection and transformation: the bonds that young people build with their families, peers, communities, institutions, and youth participation spaces help sustain life trajectories and strengthen active citizenship. This is one of the main keys to seizing the demographic dividend currently experienced by the city—this period during which the working-age population outnumbers the dependent population (children and the elderly).

This report integrates quantitative and qualitative data from various official sources, along with insights gained from GOYN Barranquilla and Nuestra Barranquilla—initiatives that together represent over four years of work with and for youth. It combines statistical evidence with qualitative findings and youth narratives, offering a more human-centered and context-specific interpretation of the data.

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