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Colombia Unemployment Falls to 9.2% in February, Lowest Since 2001
Key Points — Colombia’s unemployment rate fell to 9.2% in February 2026 — the lowest reading for that month since 2001 — with 24.09 million people employed and 186,000 fewer unemployed compared to the same period last year — Professional, scientific, technical, and administrative services led job creation with 1.1 percentage points of contribution, followed […] The post Colombia Unemployment Falls to 9.2% in February, Lowest Since 2001 appeared …
In February, the Colombian labor market recorded an unemployment rate of 9.2% compared to 10.3% in the same month of 2025, reported Monday by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE). Piedad Urdinola, director of the statistical entity, noted that this is the lowest unemployment rate since 2001 for a month of February. In the 13 main cities and metropolitan areas the figure was also 9.2%, against 9.8% of February last year.
According to the analysis of the District, the city reduces more than 7,000 unemployed and is below the national average.
Images: Presidency and generated with AI of Gemini DANE reported that the unemployment rate in the country was 9.2% for the month of February, which reflects a fall compared to the same month last year. However, there are data on work in Colombia that generate uncertainty. On the one hand, one of the strong calls for attention is that informality continues to weigh with 50%, which generates pressures on the national health system, as well as the…
The National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) revealed that the unemployment rate in Colombia fell to 9.2% in February 2026, a decrease of 1.1 percentage points compared to 10.3% in the same month 2025, according to the results of the Great Integrated Household Survey (GEIH). The occupation rate also showed an improvement: it rose from 58.0% in February 2025 to 58.7% in the same period of 2026, indicating a greater number of Colomb…
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