Unemployment in Colombia increased for the third consecutive year in 2018 and reached 9.7%, its highest level since 2012, according to the country’s statistics agency. The urban unemployment rate rose…
Colombia’s unemployment rate grew to 9.4% in 2017, making it the country with the highest unemployment rate in Latin America after Venezuela. Unemployment went up 0.2 points from 9.2%, according…
The year 2018 will be a year of major uncertainty for Colombia. A new congress and president will take office while multiple illegal armed groups are negotiating their demobilization. To…
Colombia’s unemployment rate rose 0.3% to 9.2% in 2016, the first increase since 2009, according to figures released on Tuesday by government statistics agency DANE. Between 2009 and 2015 the…
Colombia’s unemployment rate rose 1.1 percentage point to 11.9% in January compared to the same month last year, according to the country’s statistics agency.
The Colombian peso has depreciated more than most predicted and on Monday even dropped to a historic low: One dollar is now worth COP3,300.
After years of steady decrease, Colombia’s unemployment rate increased again in August amid an economic slow-down caused by a global drop in commodity prices.
Youth employment in Colombia is most often characterized by poor working conditions, instability, low wages and lack of protections and rights according to a report released by the International Labor…
Colombia’s unemployment rate was 9.1% in 2014, the lowest annual average for 14 years, according to the Colombian statistics agency DANE.