Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment in Colombia
Colombia: Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment was -5.88 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment in Colombia, 2002–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment in Colombia stood at -5.88 %. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.8% on the previous year and down 119.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment in Colombia peaked at -0.2 % in 2012 and was at its lowest, -5.88 %, in 2025.
Colombia ranks 44th of 68 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -3.18 % | — |
| 2003 | -2.15 % | -32.4% |
| 2004 | -3.23 % | +50.2% |
| 2005 | -3.39 % | +5.0% |
| 2007 | -1.95 % | -42.5% |
| 2008 | -3.4 % | +74.4% |
| 2009 | -2.37 % | -30.3% |
| 2010 | -2.16 % | -8.9% |
| 2011 | -0.88 % | -59.3% |
| 2012 | -0.2 % | -77.3% |
| 2013 | -1.08 % | +440.0% |
| 2014 | -2.1 % | +94.4% |
| 2015 | -2.68 % | +27.6% |
| 2016 | -2.92 % | +9.0% |
| 2017 | -3.43 % | +17.5% |
| 2018 | -4.05 % | +18.1% |
| 2019 | -2.28 % | -43.7% |
| 2020 | -2.96 % | +29.8% |
| 2021 | -3.37 % | +13.9% |
| 2022 | -5.83 % | +73.0% |
| 2023 | -5.84 % | +0.2% |
| 2024 | -4.95 % | -15.2% |
| 2025 | -5.88 % | +18.8% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's -5.88 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is -4.64 %, 1.3× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Colombia's -5.88 % is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -4.5 %, 1.3× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | -440.0% | -0.2 % | -1.08 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -2.81 % | -3.4 % | -1.95 % | 7 |
| 2010s | -2.18 % | -4.05 % | -0.2 % | 10 |
| 2020s | -4.8 % | -5.88 % | -2.96 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More economy & growth data for Colombia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.41 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 4.82 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0105 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 90.31 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 11.57 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -15.44 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0253 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 216.58 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 6.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment in Colombia?
- Gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment in Colombia was -5.88 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was -0.2 % in 2012.
- What is the lowest gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was -5.88 % in 2025.
- How does Colombia rank for gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment?
- Colombia ranks 44th out of 68 countries with data for 2025.
- Is gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 119.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.