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Colombia unemployment rate

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Key data points


Last release
Observation period
Dec 2025
Next release
Forecast
Highest
21.01% on May 31, 2020
Lowest
7.00% on Nov 30, 2025

About Colombia unemployment rate


Category
Labor
Frequency
Monthly
Units
%
In Colombia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Frequently Asked Questions


To calculate Colombia unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Colombia unemployment rate is 7.00%.
The highest figure Colombia unemployment rate has ever reached is 21.01%.
Last month Colombia unemployment rate was 7.00%, and the month before it reached 8.20%.