Unemployment rate,Percent in Colombia
Colombia: Unemployment rate,Percent was 8.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Unemployment rate,Percent in Colombia, 2001–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 8.9% for unemployment rate,percent in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 12.6% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment rate,percent in Colombia peaked at 16.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8.9%, in 2025.
That places Colombia 10th out of 71 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Unemployment rate,Percent in Colombia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 15.0% | — |
| 2002 | 15.7% | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 14.1% | -10.2% |
| 2004 | 13.6% | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 11.8% | -13.2% |
| 2006 | 12.1% | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 11.3% | -6.7% |
| 2008 | 11.4% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 12.2% | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 12.0% | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 11.0% | -8.0% |
| 2012 | 10.6% | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 9.9% | -7.0% |
| 2014 | 9.4% | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 9.2% | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 9.5% | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 9.7% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 10.0% | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 10.9% | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 16.7% | +53.6% |
| 2021 | 13.8% | -17.8% |
| 2022 | 11.2% | -18.7% |
| 2023 | 10.2% | -9.3% |
| 2024 | 10.1% | -0.1% |
| 2025 | 8.9% | -12.6% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 8.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5.2%, 1.7× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 8.9% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6.4%, 1.4× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unemployment rate,Percent in Colombia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +53.6% | 10.9% | 16.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.0% | 11.3% | 15.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 10.2% | 9.2% | 12.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.8% | 8.9% | 16.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
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 unemployment rate,percent in Colombia?
- Unemployment rate,percent in Colombia was 8.9% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 16.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.9% in 2025.
- How does Colombia rank for unemployment rate,percent?
- Colombia ranks 10th out of 71 countries with data for 2025.
- Is unemployment rate,percent rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. 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 Unemployment rate,Percent,,,. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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