Key data points
Last release
Jun 27, 2025
Observation period
May 2025
Next release
Jul 31, 2025
Forecast
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Highest
21.01 % on May 31, 2020
Lowest
7.33 % on Nov 30, 2015
About Colombia unemployment rate
In Colombia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
Related indicators
Employed Persons
COEMPR
23.63 MPSN
Employment Rate
COEMRR
58.19%
Living Wage Family
COLWFR
1.1 MCOP / MONTH
Living Wage Individual
COLWIR
782.1 KCOP / MONTH
Minimum Wages
COMWR
1.42 MCOP / MONTH
Population
COPOPR
52.97 MPSN
Unemployed Persons
COUPR
2.35 MPSN
Wages High Skilled
COWHSR
2.6 MCOP / MONTH
Wages Low Skilled
COWLSR
899.5 KCOP / MONTH
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Frequently Asked Questions
To calculate Colombia unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Colombia unemployment rate is 7.33%.
The highest figure Colombia unemployment rate has ever reached is 21.01%.
Last month Colombia unemployment rate was 9.00%, and the month before it reached 8.80%.