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31.08.202615:54:11UTC+00Colombia Jobless Rate Rises Slightly in July

Colombia’s unemployment rate inched up to 8.1% in July 2026, from 8.0% in June. In the 13 main cities and metropolitan areas, the rate was slightly higher, at 8.5%. By gender, unemployment reached 10.1% for women and 6.7% for men, resulting in a gender gap of 3.4 percentage points. The highest unemployment rates were observed in Quibdó (23.0%), Cartagena (13.6%), and Sincelejo (13.0%), while the lowest were recorded in Medellín (7.0%), Bucaramanga A.M. (7.2%), and Pereira A.M. (7.5%). Despite the monthly uptick, the total number of unemployed people nationwide fell by 160,000 compared with a year earlier, equivalent to a 6.9% decrease.

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