Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees in Colombia

Colombia: Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees was 0.0626 in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
0.0626
Change on year
down 11.3%
World rank
61st
of 63 countries
All-time high
0.133
in 2003
All-time low
0.0626
in 2020
Years of data
18
2001–2020

Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees in Colombia, 2001–2020

00.050.10.152001201020202001: 0.12002: 0.1062003: 0.1332004: 0.0892005: 0.0682006: 0.0822007: 0.0812008: 0.0672009: 0.0772010: 0.0712011: 0.0682012: 0.0632013: 0.0712014: 0.0692015: 0.0632016: 0.0672017: 0.0712020: 0.063

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2020, rural residents, as a share of public paid employees in Colombia stood at 0.0626. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.3% on the previous year and down 11.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rural residents, as a share of public paid employees in Colombia peaked at 0.133 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.0626, in 2020.

Colombia ranks 61st of 63 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.

Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees in Colombia, year by year

Annual values for Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees in Colombia, 2001 to 2020.
Year Value Change
2001 0.0999
2002 0.1056 +5.7%
2003 0.133 +25.9%
2004 0.0893 -32.8%
2005 0.0683 -23.5%
2006 0.0821 +20.2%
2007 0.081 -1.3%
2008 0.0666 -17.8%
2009 0.0775 +16.4%
2010 0.0709 -8.5%
2011 0.0676 -4.7%
2012 0.063 -6.7%
2013 0.0706 +12.0%
2014 0.0695 -1.6%
2015 0.0633 -8.9%
2016 0.0673 +6.3%
2017 0.0706 +4.9%
2020 0.0626 -11.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.0893 0.0666 0.133 9
2010s 0.0679 0.063 0.0709 8
2020s 0.0626 0.0626 0.0626 1

Countries ranked near Colombia

  1. 58 Morocco 0.0892 compare
  2. 59 Chile 0.0699 compare
  3. 60 Brazil 0.0692 compare
  4. 62 Mongolia 0.0558 compare
  5. 63 Uruguay 0.0185 compare

See the full ranking of 63 places →

More reference data data for Colombia

All data for Colombia →

Frequently asked questions

What is rural residents, as a share of public paid employees in Colombia?
Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees in Colombia was 0.0626 in 2020, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest rural residents, as a share of public paid employees recorded in Colombia?
The highest recorded value was 0.133 in 2003.
What is the lowest rural residents, as a share of public paid employees recorded in Colombia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0626 in 2020.
How does Colombia rank for rural residents, as a share of public paid employees?
Colombia ranks 61st out of 63 countries with data for 2020.
Is rural residents, as a share of public paid employees rising or falling in Colombia?
Over the last ten years it is down 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Colombia data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 18 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees in Colombia. Statizoid. Retrieved 31 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/rural-residents-as-a-share-of-public-paid-employees/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/rural-residents-as-a-share-of-public-paid-employees/colombia/">Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees in Colombia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
63 places, 771 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed