ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Colombia
Colombia: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by was 79.46 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Colombia, 2007–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Colombia stood at 79.46 %.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Colombia peaked at 86.06 % in 2010 and was at its lowest, 78.15 %, in 2020.
Colombia ranks 15th of 79 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 83.65 % | — |
| 2008 | 83.22 % | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 86.05 % | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 86.06 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 86 % | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 85.87 % | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 84.86 % | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 83.73 % | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 84.02 % | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 83.17 % | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 83.84 % | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 83.34 % | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 81.76 % | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 78.15 % | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 82.06 % | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 79.58 % | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 79.54 % | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 78.75 % | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 79.46 % | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 84.31 % | 83.22 % | 86.05 % | 3 |
| 2010s | 84.27 % | 81.76 % | 86.06 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.59 % | 78.15 % | 82.06 % | 6 |
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- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1424 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Colombia?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Colombia was 79.46 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 86.06 % in 2010.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.15 % in 2020.
- How does Colombia rank for ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by?
- Colombia ranks 15th out of 79 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. 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 ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, total (15+), rural areas — Male — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.