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Colombia: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1975–2025 · 51 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp

2025
8.00%percent
Change on 2024
−1.1 pointsfrom 9.10%
Average, 2016–2025
10.0%10 years
Record high and low
15.6% (2002)low 4.91% (1994)

Unemployment rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
203110.0Forecast
203010.0Forecast
202910.0Forecast
202810.0Forecast
202710.0Forecast
20269.56Forecast
20258.00
20249.10
202310.0
202210.3
202111.1
202013.9
20199.90
201810.0
20178.90
20169.10

Sources

  • IMF International Financial Statistics1975–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • International Labour Organization2000–2023
  • OECD Economic Outlook2001–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor2001–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators2007–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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