Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban in Colombia

Colombia: Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban was 0.4% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.4%
Change on year
up 58.0%
World rank
18th
of 21 countries
All-time high
0.4%
in 2019
All-time low
0.3%
in 2020
Years of data
14
2008–2021

Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban in Colombia, 2008–2021

00.10.20.30.42008201420212008: 0.358 % of urban employed population in working age2009: 0.355 % of urban employed population in working age2010: 0.357 % of urban employed population in working age2011: 0.36 % of urban employed population in working age2012: 0.366 % of urban employed population in working age2013: 0.378 % of urban employed population in working age2014: 0.395 % of urban employed population in working age2015: 0.4 % of urban employed population in working age2016: 0.408 % of urban employed population in working age2017: 0.412 % of urban employed population in working age2018: 0.414 % of urban employed population in working age2019: 0.421 % of urban employed population in working age2020: 0.259 % of urban employed population in working age2021: 0.408 % of urban employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of urban employed population in working age.

Analysis

Colombia recorded 0.4% for employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban in 2021.

That represents a change of up 58.0% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban in Colombia peaked at 0.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2020.

That places Colombia 18th out of 21 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban in Colombia, year by year

Annual values for Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age) in Colombia, 2008 to 2021.
Year % of urban employed population in working age Change
2008 0.4%
2009 0.4% -0.6%
2010 0.4% +0.4%
2011 0.4% +0.9%
2012 0.4% +1.7%
2013 0.4% +3.2%
2014 0.4% +4.6%
2015 0.4% +1.2%
2016 0.4% +2.0%
2017 0.4% +0.9%
2018 0.4% +0.6%
2019 0.4% +1.6%
2020 0.3% -38.6%
2021 0.4% +58.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 2
2010s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 10
2020s 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 2

Countries ranked near Colombia

  1. 15 Bolivia 0.5% compare
  2. 16 Ghana 0.5% compare
  3. 17 Guatemala 0.4%
  4. 19 Paraguay 0.3% compare
  5. 20 Pakistan 0.3% compare
  6. 21 South Korea 0.1% compare

See the full ranking of 21 places →

More reference data data for Colombia

All data for Colombia →

Frequently asked questions

What is employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban in Colombia?
Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban in Colombia was 0.4% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Colombia?
The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2019.
What is the lowest employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Colombia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2020.
How does Colombia rank for employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban?
Colombia ranks 18th out of 21 countries with data for 2021.
Is employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban rising or falling in Colombia?
Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Colombia data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban in Colombia. Statizoid. Retrieved 29 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/employed-workers-with-a-work-contract-aged-15-64-urban-percent-of-urban-employed/colombia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/employed-workers-with-a-work-contract-aged-15-64-urban-percent-of-urban-employed/colombia/">Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban in Colombia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age)
Unit
% of urban employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
21 places, 255 data points, 1981–2021
Last refreshed