Unemployment rate: Colombia
8.29% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.29 |
| 2024 | 9.619 |
| 2023 | 9.591 |
| 2022 | 10.541 |
| 2021 | 13.898 |
| 2020 | 15.983 |
| 2019 | 10.28 |
| 2018 | 9.36 |
| 2017 | 9.086 |
| 2016 | 8.922 |
| 2015 | 8.572 |
| 2014 | 8.799 |
| 2013 | 9.246 |
| 2012 | 9.959 |
| 2011 | 10.288 |
| 2010 | 11.153 |
| 2009 | 12.066 |
| 2008 | 11.273 |
| 2007 | 11.204 |
| 2006 | 11.088 |
| 2005 | 11.062 |
| 2004 | 13.717 |
| 2003 | 13.221 |
| 2002 | 14.481 |
| 2001 | 15.04 |
| 2000 | 20.52 |
| 1999 | 20.06 |
| 1998 | 15 |
| 1997 | 12.14 |
| 1996 | 11.81 |
| 1995 | 8.72 |
| 1994 | 8.25 |
| 1993 | 7.8 |
| 1992 | 9.44 |
| 1991 | 10.12 |