ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of females in total employment in Colombia
Colombia: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of females in total employment was 17.04 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of females in total employment in Colombia, 2007–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 17.04 % for ilostat - labour force survey — share of females in total employment in 2025.
The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of females in total employment in Colombia peaked at 17.83 % in 2017 and was at its lowest, 12.84 %, in 2007.
That places Colombia 76th out of 87 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of females in total employment in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 12.84 % | — |
| 2008 | 13.01 % | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 13.36 % | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 14.65 % | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 15.64 % | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 16.94 % | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 16.33 % | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 16.36 % | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 17.3 % | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 17.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 17.83 % | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 17.54 % | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 16.24 % | -7.4% |
| 2020 | 15.72 % | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 16.38 % | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 16.32 % | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 17.46 % | +7.0% |
| 2024 | 17.43 % | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 17.04 % | -2.2% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 17.04 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 31.63 %, 54% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 17.04 % is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19.64 %, 87% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.07 % | 12.84 % | 13.36 % | 3 |
| 2010s | 16.61 % | 14.65 % | 17.83 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.72 % | 15.72 % | 17.46 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 73 Costa Rica 18.89 % compare
- 74 Trinidad and Tobago 17.68 % compare
- 75 Saint Lucia 17.6 % compare
- 77 Egypt 17 % compare
- 78 Belize 16.44 % compare
- 79 Mexico 16.26 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Colombia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 851.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.2113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2122 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of females in total employment in Colombia?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — share of females in total employment in Colombia was 17.04 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of females in total employment recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 17.83 % in 2017.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of females in total employment recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.84 % in 2007.
- How does Colombia rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of females in total employment?
- Colombia ranks 76th out of 87 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of females in total employment rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of females in total employment in agriculture — Female — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.