Unemployment in Colombia Scales to 9.4% in August, the Worst Rate ...
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The national indicator increased 0.8 percentage points from the same month of 2025, when it reached 8.6 per cent, in a context of declining labour participation, from 63.9 per cent to 63.3 per cent.
Colombia’s unemployment rate closed in August at 9.4%, a point and a tenth more than in July and eight tenths more than a year ago, which means moving away from the minimums of 2026 close to 8% reached last May, June and July. According to the Administrative Department, [...] The entry Colombia’s unemployment rate skyrockets in August to 9.4% and moves away from the minimums of a few months ago appears first in Forbes España.
The Colombian labor market recorded a change in its behavior during August 2026. According to the most recent measurement of the DANE’s Great Integrated Household Survey (GEIH), the national unemployment rate was 9.4%, compared to the 8.6% recorded in August 2025. The increase was 0.8 percentage points. The figure ... The post Unemployment in Colombia rose to 9.4% in August: DANE reported 126,000 less employed persons appeared first on ::Tolima …
The Colombian labor market showed an increase in the unemployment rate compared to the same month of 2025. In one year, 126,000 people were no longer employed, according to DANE figures. The unemployment rate in Colombia was 9.4% during August 2026, an increase compared to 8.6% recorded in [...] The entry Is getting work complicated? Unemployment rises in Colombia and Bucaramanga marks 7.3% was first published in Oro Noticias.
The Dane reported that in the eighth month of the year the overall participation rate was 63.3% and the occupancy rate was 57.4%, with a reduction of 1.1%
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