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Unemployment rate in Colombia

How hard is it to have a job there?

Colombia's unemployment rate is 8.29 % — #92 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

8.29%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Colombia over time

20.52 %14.40 %8.29 %20.52 % · 20002000: 20.52 %2001: 15.04 %2002: 14.48 %2003: 13.22 %2004: 13.72 %2005: 11.06 %2006: 11.09 %2007: 11.20 %2008: 11.27 %2009: 12.07 %2010: 11.15 %2011: 10.29 %2012: 9.96 %2013: 9.25 %2014: 8.80 %2015: 8.57 %2016: 8.92 %2017: 9.09 %2018: 9.36 %2019: 10.28 %2020: 15.98 %2021: 13.90 %2022: 10.54 %2023: 9.59 %2024: 9.62 %2025: 8.29 %2000201220258.29 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#92 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
26 %
32 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 1.33 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
12.23 pp
peak 20.52 % in 2000
Full series
▼ 12.23 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #21 of 27vs median 5.25 %: +3.03 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Colombia: ahead of 26 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentColombia 8.29 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Colombia is ahead of 26 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Colombia
90 France7.54 %−0.75 pp
91 Suriname7.83 %−0.46 pp
92 Colombia8.29 %—
93 Iran8.30 %+0.01 pp
94 Estonia8.31 %+0.02 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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