Share of informal employment in Colombia 2021

In 2019, the percentage of informal employment in Colombia stood at 62.1 percent of the total employed population. The share of employment informality has decreased in comparison to the previous year, when 62.4 percent of workers were considered informally employed. Colombia is one of the Latin American countries with the highest level of informal employment.

Informal employment as percentage of total employment in Colombia from 2010 to 2021

Characteristic	Share of total employment
2021	63.2%
2019	62.1%
2018	62.4%
2017	61.9%
2016	62.4%
2015	63.1%
2014	63.2%
2013	64.9%
2012	66.6%
2011	67%
2010	67.9%

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October 2022

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Region

Colombia

Survey time period

2010 to 2021

Supplementary notes

The source does not provide data for 2020.

According to the source's definition: "Employment in the informal sector refers all persons who, during a given reference period, were employed in at least one informal sector enterprise, irrespective of their status in employment and whether it was their main or a secondary job. An informal sector enterprise is (1) an unincorporated enterprise and (2) a market enterprise (i.e., it sells at least some of the goods or services it produces), and (3) meets at least one of the following criteria: (i) the enterprise is not registered, (ii) the employees of the enterprise are not registered, or (iii) the number of persons engaged on a continuous basis is below a threshold determined by the country."

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