Part time employment, female in Colombia
Colombia: Part time employment, female was 70.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Part time employment, female in Colombia, 2002–2025
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total female employment.
Analysis
In 2025, part time employment, female in Colombia stood at 70.1%. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.1% on the previous year and up 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, female in Colombia peaked at 70.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 38.4%, in 2002.
That places Colombia 3rd out of 111 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Part time employment, female in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % of total female employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 38.4% | — |
| 2003 | 40.1% | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 39.8% | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 42.1% | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 54.8% | +30.3% |
| 2011 | 56.0% | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 56.8% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 57.0% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 56.3% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 56.5% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 56.1% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 54.5% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 54.2% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 54.7% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 51.0% | -6.6% |
| 2022 | 46.8% | -8.2% |
| 2023 | 51.5% | +10.0% |
| 2024 | 64.3% | +24.7% |
| 2025 | 70.1% | +9.1% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 70.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 27.6%, 2.5× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 70.1% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 39.5%, 1.8× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Part time employment, female in Colombia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +30.3% | 42.1% | 54.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 40.1% | 38.4% | 42.1% | 4 |
| 2010s | 55.7% | 54.2% | 57.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.8% | 46.8% | 70.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More work & labour data for Colombia
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.7218 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.6981 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.7453 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.81 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.1417 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 48,629 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 6,104 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 23,624 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 23,456 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 47,081 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, female in Colombia?
- Part time employment, female in Colombia was 70.1% in 2025, according to Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest part time employment, female recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 70.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest part time employment, female recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.4% in 2002.
- How does Colombia rank for part time employment, female?
- Colombia ranks 3rd out of 111 countries with data for 2025.
- Is part time employment, female rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Part time employment, female (% of total female employment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Part-time employment rate represents the percentage of employment that is part time. Part time employment in this series is based on a common definition of less than 35 actual weekly hours worked.