Colombia Unemployment at 10-Month Low

2025-10-31 16:21 By Isabela Couto 1 min. read

Colombia’s unemployment rate fell to 8.2% in September 2025, the lowest level since November 2024, down from 9.1% a year earlier and below market expectations of 8.5%.

Female unemployment stood at 9.6%, while male unemployment was 7.1%.

The number of unemployed declined by 204,000 to 2.13 million, while youth unemployment dropped 1.9 percentage points to 14.6%.

Total employment rose by 714,000 to 23.92 million, with manufacturing leading job creation, adding 244,000 workers.

The labor force participation rate increased to 63.9% from 63.5%, and the employment-to-population ratio rose to 58.7%, up from 57.7% a year earlier.



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