Colombia Employment Rate
The share of people aged 15 and over who are actually in work, regardless of whether others are looking.
57.5%
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Jan 2007 to Aug 2026
Source: FRED series COLLREMTTTTSTSAM · OECD, ages 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, monthly.
Colombia Employment Rate in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Colombia, the employment rate fell by 1.0pp over the year to Aug 2026, from 58.5% in Aug 2025.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 53.4% in Oct 2021 to 59.7% in May 2026.
Its average since Jan 2007 is 59.3%, and the latest reading is below that.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- OECD via FRED
- Series
- COLLREMTTTTSTSAM
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Aug 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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