Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence in Colombia
Colombia: Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence was 12.87 Percentage of full-time employment in 2025. ▼ Falling
Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence in Colombia, 2007–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of full-time employment.
Analysis
In 2025, incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence in Colombia stood at 12.87 Percentage of full-time employment.
That represents a change of up 5.8% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence in Colombia peaked at 18.58 Percentage of full-time employment in 2007 and was at its lowest, 9.72 Percentage of full-time employment, in 2018.
That places Colombia 19th out of 37 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.79 Percentage of full-time employment | 15.52 Percentage of full-time employment | 18.58 Percentage of full-time employment | 3 |
| 2010s | 12.78 Percentage of full-time employment | 9.72 Percentage of full-time employment | 15.94 Percentage of full-time employment | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.35 Percentage of full-time employment | 11.42 Percentage of full-time employment | 12.87 Percentage of full-time employment | 6 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 16 Austria 14.43 Percentage of full-time employment compare
- 17 OECD 13.92 Percentage of full-time employment compare
- 18 Ireland 13.1 Percentage of full-time employment compare
- 20 Romania 12.62 Percentage of full-time employment compare
- 21 Switzerland 12.4 Percentage of full-time employment compare
- 22 Chile 12.34 Percentage of full-time employment compare
More reference data data for Colombia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.92 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 11.17 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 19.02 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4113 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 19.02 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 9.81 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 2.67 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 61.25 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 94.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.24 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence in Colombia?
- Incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence in Colombia was 12.87 Percentage of full-time employment in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 18.58 Percentage of full-time employment in 2007.
- What is the lowest incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.72 Percentage of full-time employment in 2018.
- How does Colombia rank for incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence?
- Colombia ranks 19th out of 37 countries with data for 2025.
- Is incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.