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Labor Force Participation Rate for Colombia, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
63.40%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -5.0% since 1990
Labor participation for Colombia was 63.40% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 68.30% in 1997. The lowest was 63.16% in 2022 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.15% per year.
Colombia ranks 81 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 43%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 63.14%, so Colombia sits above it. It peaked in 1997 and has fallen 7% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
63.40%
First (1990)
66.74%
Change
-5.0%
Highest
68.30%
in 1997
Lowest
63.16%
in 2022
Average
66.23%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.15%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.4% |
| 2024 | 63.53% |
| 2023 | 63.74% |
| 2022 | 63.16% |
| 2021 | 64.33% |
| 2020 | 63.42% |
| 2019 | 64.32% |
| 2018 | 65.24% |
| 2017 | 66.01% |
| 2016 | 66.42% |
| 2015 | 67.02% |
| 2014 | 66.99% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.