Employees in Colombia

Colombia: Employees was 12,964 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
12,964
Change on year
up 3.8%
World rank
18th
of 73 countries
All-time high
12,964
in 2025
All-time low
9,295
in 2020
Years of data
6
2020–2025

Employees in Colombia, 2020–2025

05.0k10.0k15.0k2020202220252020: 9.3k2021: 10.1k2022: 11.6k2023: 12.2k2024: 12.5k2025: 13.0k

Source: International Labour Organization.

Analysis

Colombia recorded 12,964 for employees in 2025. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 39.5% over ten years.

Colombia ranks 18th of 73 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Employees in Colombia, year by year

Annual values for Employees (15+) in Colombia, 2020 to 2025.
Year Value Change
2020 9,295
2021 10,106 +8.7%
2022 11,648 +15.3%
2023 12,165 +4.4%
2024 12,492 +2.7%
2025 12,964 +3.8%

Countries ranked near Colombia

  1. 15 Thailand 19,634 compare
  2. 16 Italy 17,812
  3. 17 Iran 13,916 compare
  4. 19 Australia 12,406 compare
  5. 20 Argentina 9,669 compare
  6. 21 Peru 8,834 compare

See the full ranking of 73 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is employees in Colombia?
Employees in Colombia was 12,964 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
What is the highest employees recorded in Colombia?
The highest recorded value was 12,964 in 2025.
What is the lowest employees recorded in Colombia?
The lowest recorded value was 9,295 in 2020.
How does Colombia rank for employees?
Colombia ranks 18th out of 73 countries with data for 2025.
Is employees rising or falling in Colombia?
Over the last ten years it is up 39.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Colombia data come from?
The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Employees (15+). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Employees (15+)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
ILO Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
73 places, 872 data points, 1993–2026
Last refreshed

With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. Employees are all those workers who hold paid employment jobs, which are those where the incumbents hold employment contracts which give them a basic remuneration not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work. Data disaggregated by economic activity are provided according to the latest version of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) available for that year. Data may have been regrouped from national classifications, which may not be strictly compatible with ISIC. For more information, refer to the Labour Force Statistics (LFS and STLFS) database description.