Colombia vs OECD: Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence

Colombia
12.87 Percentage of full-time employment
in 2025
OECD
13.92 Percentage of full-time employment
in 2024
Colombia rank
19th
OECD rank
17th

Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence over time

  • Colombia
  • OECD
05101520199520102025

How they compare

OECD currently reports 13.92 Percentage of full-time employment against 12.87 Percentage of full-time employment in Colombia, a difference of 1.05 Percentage of full-time employment.

That makes OECD's figure about 1.1 times Colombia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 18 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 19th and OECD ranks 17th of 37 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 1 and OECD in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Colombia OECD Difference Ahead
2000s 16.79 Percentage of full-time employment 15.63 Percentage of full-time employment 1.16 Percentage of full-time employment Colombia
2010s 12.78 Percentage of full-time employment 14.7 Percentage of full-time employment 1.92 Percentage of full-time employment OECD
2020s 12.24 Percentage of full-time employment 14.25 Percentage of full-time employment 2.01 Percentage of full-time employment OECD

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence, Colombia or OECD?
OECD, at 13.92 Percentage of full-time employment against 12.87 Percentage of full-time employment in Colombia as of 2024.
What is the difference in incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence between Colombia and OECD?
1.05 Percentage of full-time employment, with OECD ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and OECD?
18 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2024.
How do Colombia and OECD rank globally for incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence?
Colombia ranks 19th and OECD ranks 17th of 37 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Colombia vs OECD: Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence. Statizoid, drawing on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 23 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/incidence-of-low-and-high-pay-low-pay-incidence/colombia/oecd/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/incidence-of-low-and-high-pay-low-pay-incidence/colombia/oecd/">Colombia vs OECD: Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence
Unit
Percentage of full-time employment
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
48 places, 904 data points, 1973–2025
Last refreshed

This dataset contains series on the incidence of low-paid workers defined as the share of full-time workers earning less than two-thirds of gross median earnings of all full-time workers; the incidence of high-paid workers defined as the share of full-time workers earning more than one-and-half time gross median earnings of all full-time workers.