Colombia vs Panama: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Colombia

8.4%

in 2025

Panama

8.3%

in 2025

Colombia rank

46th

Panama rank

48th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

Colombia
Panama

How they compare

Colombia currently reports 8.4% against 8.3% in Panama, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 46th and Panama ranks 48th of 185 countries.

Individual pages

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Colombia
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Panama
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit: %
Source: Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.