This paper provides a composite indicator of well-being for the 33 Colombian departments in the year 2016. The indicator is built by adapting the well-known OECD Better Life Index to the regional level, and includes the dimensions of income, health, education, safety, housing, environment, labour market, and civic engagement and governance. As to the methodology, Data Envelopment Analysis and Multi-Criteria Decision-Making techniques are employed, an approach which enables a comparison of well-being across departments and the construction of rankings. The results yield several take-away messages. First, there are substantial disparities in well-being across Colombian departments. Second, despite the fact that average well-being in Colombia is relatively low, the population is concentrated in the departments with the highest well-being levels. Third, geography matters, as neighbouring departments have similar well-being levels, giving rise to a core-periphery duality. Fourth, well-being generally improves and disparities decline when purely economic dimensions (income and labour market) are excluded from the composite indicator.

本文提供了 2016 年哥伦比亚 33 个省的幸福综合指标。该指标是通过将众所周知的经合组织美好生活指数调整到地区层面而构建的，包括收入、健康、教育、安全、住房、环境、劳动力市场以及公民参与和治理。在方法论上，采用了数据包络分析和多标准决策技术，这种方法可以比较跨部门的幸福感并构建排名。结果产生了几个外卖信息。首先，哥伦比亚各省的福祉存在巨大差异。其次，尽管哥伦比亚的平均福祉相对较低，但人口集中在福祉水平最高的省。第三，地理位置很重要，因为相邻部门的福利水平相似，导致核心-外围二元性。第四，当综合指标不包括纯粹的经济维度（收入和劳动力市场）时，福祉通常会改善而差距会缩小。