Colombia Labour Force Participation Rate
The share of people aged 15 and over who are either working or actively looking for work.
63.6%
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Jan 2007 to Aug 2026
Source: FRED series COLLRACTTTTSTSAM · OECD, ages 15+, seasonally adjusted, monthly.
Colombia Labour Force Participation Rate in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Colombia, the labour force participation rate fell by 0.6pp over the year to Aug 2026, from 64.1% in Aug 2025.
It is the lowest reading since Feb 2024.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 61.3% in Sep 2021 to 64.9% in May 2026.
Its average since Jan 2007 is 66.4%, 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
- COLLRACTTTTSTSAM
- 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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