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Unemployment / Colombia
Labor Market

Colombia Unemployment

Current and historical unemployment data for Colombia, including latest value (8.29), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Colombia
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:31:38+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Colombia · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
67 / 100
Stable economy
Fiscal stability 16.1 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 13.6 / 20
External stability 13 / 15
Financial robustness 8.3 / 15
Structural stability 4 / 10
Future capacity 6.3 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.2 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 93% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1991–2025 1991– 2025
1991 2025
Selected year: 2025 · Value: n/a 2025

Colombia · unemployment rate as a percentage of the total labor force.

1991–2025
8.29 percent
9.62 percent
10.56 percent
14 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1991 1998 2005 2012 2019 2025
unemployment rate reference line

Countries by unemployment

full ranking
Country Rate Class
South Africa 32.39 high
Jordan 16.54 high
Tunisia 15.11 high
Algeria 11.63 high
Spain 10.38 high
Ukraine 9.83 medium
Finland 9.46 medium
Morocco 9 medium

Interpretation

short note

This labor market indicator helps assess employment conditions and economic participation.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

Production version: show source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Comparison

latest
Brazil 5.97
Argentina 7.15
Chile 8.97
United States 4.2
China 4.62

Related indicators

internal links
Employment Rate SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS
Youth Unemployment SL.UEM.1524.ZS
Labor Force Participation SL.TLF.CACT.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG

Source layer

planned

Production version should display source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:31:38+02:00

Colombia Snapshot

country profile
Population 52.89 m
GDP 418.82 bn
Debt/GDP 71.48%
Inflation 6.61%
Unemployment 8.29%
Currency n/a
Region Latin America
Income group Upper middle income

Colombia Unemployment: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Unemployment for Colombia. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: colombia unemployment rate, unemployment data colombia, colombia unemployment statistics, colombia percent.