Labour market - FUAs — Employment in Santa Marta

Santa Marta: Labour market - FUAs — Employment was 251,760 Persons in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
251,760 Persons
Change on year
up 2.2%
Rank
285th
of 577 regions
All-time high
251,760 Persons
in 2023
All-time low
155,958 Persons
in 2002
Years of data
23
2001–2023

Labour market - FUAs — Employment in Santa Marta, 2001–2023

0100.0k200.0k300.0k2001201220232001: 162.2k Persons2002: 156.0k Persons2003: 164.3k Persons2004: 168.1k Persons2005: 163.9k Persons2006: 162.6k Persons2007: 168.7k Persons2008: 161.7k Persons2009: 175.8k Persons2010: 189.6k Persons2011: 189.7k Persons2012: 204.5k Persons2013: 203.9k Persons2014: 213.8k Persons2015: 218.0k Persons2016: 221.1k Persons2017: 226.8k Persons2018: 228.1k Persons2019: 235.4k Persons2020: 209.8k Persons2021: 229.2k Persons2022: 246.3k Persons2023: 251.8k Persons

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.

Analysis

Santa Marta recorded 251,760 Persons for labour market - fuas — employment in 2023. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 23.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, labour market - fuas — employment in Santa Marta peaked at 251,760 Persons in 2023 and was at its lowest, 155,958 Persons, in 2002.

That places Santa Marta 285th out of 577 regions with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 164,804 Persons 155,958 Persons 175,798 Persons 9
2010s 213,092 Persons 189,622 Persons 235,414 Persons 10
2020s 234,242 Persons 209,763 Persons 251,760 Persons 4

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Frequently asked questions

What is labour market - fuas — employment in Santa Marta?
Labour market - fuas — employment in Santa Marta was 251,760 Persons in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest labour market - fuas — employment recorded in Santa Marta?
The highest recorded value was 251,760 Persons in 2023.
What is the lowest labour market - fuas — employment recorded in Santa Marta?
The lowest recorded value was 155,958 Persons in 2002.
How does Santa Marta rank for labour market - fuas — employment?
Santa Marta ranks 285th out of 577 regions with data for 2023.
Is labour market - fuas — employment rising or falling in Santa Marta?
Over the last ten years it is up 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Santa Marta data come from?
The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Labour market - FUAs — Employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Labour market - FUAs — Employment
Unit
Persons
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
580 places, 11,884 data points, 2000–2024
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This dataset provides labour market indicators for FUAs of more than 250 000 inhabitants, including labour force, participation rate, employment, employment to population ratio, unemployment and unemployment rate. Data sources and methodology When labour statistics are unavailable at a more granular level than FUAs (e.g. municipal level), the indicators are estimated by adjusting the regional (OECD TL2 and TL3 regions) values to the FUA boundaries, based on the population distribution in each region. Regional values (labour force, employment and unemployment) in TL3 regions are used as data inputs and combined with gridded population data (European Commission, GHSL Data Package 2023). FUA boundaries are intersected with TL3 borders to compute the share of the regional population that lives within FUAs in each region. This share is then applied to the variable of interest (e.g. employment) and allocated to the FUA. In case several regions intersect the FUA, the adjusted values of intersecting regions are summed. For countries where TL3-level data is not available, data for TL2 regions is used. This approach assumes that the variable of interest has the same spatial distribution as population. Therefore, the modelled indicators should be interpreted with caution. When a more granular level is available, data is aggregated for each FUA. For example in the United States, labour market data is available at the county-level (US Bureau of Labor Statistics), and then aggregated by FUA. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The definition identifies 1 285 FUAs and 1 402 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Labour market - FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org