The National Department of Statistics (Dane) has just published its report on the labor market in Colombia, revealing that The unemployment rate of the national total in April reached 10.7 percent, which in comparison with the 11.2 percent of the same month the previous year represents a significant drop.
It should be noted that, despite this national reduction, by cities the panorama is varied; while some territories experience a declineothers had considerable increases in their unemployment rate. Here we tell you the details.
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Of the total of the 23 cities and metropolitan areas analyzed by Dane, in the mobile quarter that includes February and April 1,479,000 people were registered without work, which compared to the 1,595,000 that had in the same period of the previous year it supposes a reduction of 7.27 percent.
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Compared to the previous year, 116,000 people left unemployed in the country.
Mauricio Moreno / EL TIEMPO
Cities where unemployment grew the most
Quibdó was the city where unemployment rose the most during the mobile period between February and April 2023, compared to the same period of the previous year. The capital of Choco lost a rate that reached 27.6, which compared to the 21.9 percent of a year ago, shows an increase of 5.7 percentage points (pp).which almost doubles the increases of most cities.
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In second place is Ibagué, which decreased an unemployment rate of 18.4, an increase of 3.3 pp compared to 15.1 percent of the previous year. These results are similar for the capital of the department of Huila, Neiva. Unemployment in this city reached 14.5 percent, an increase of 3.1 pp compared to 11.5 percent in 2022, which places it in third place.
Quibdó was the city where unemployment increased the most between February and April 2023.
Quibdó mayor’s office Facebook
Armenia and Bucaramanga share fourth place with an increase in unemployment of 1.4 pp compared to the previous year. These registered a rate that reaches 12 percent and 10.5 percent, respectively. Finally, in fifth place, is the capital of the department of La Guajira, Riohacha, which had an unemployment rate and reached an unemployment rate of 15.8, an increase of 1.3 pp compared to 14.4 percent of the previous year.
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Where did unemployment fall the most?
At the other end of the board, Santa Marta was the one that experienced the greatest reduction in unemployment during the mobile period of February and March 2023, compared to the same period of the previous year. The city had a rate that reached 8.8 percent drop, which represents a 4.6 pp compared to 13.4 percent the previous year.
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In second place is Tunja, which had an unemployment rate of 10.4 percent, 4 pp less than 14.4 compared to 14.4 percent they experienced the previous year. In third place is Popayán with a rate of 11.1 percent, compared to 14.1 percent in 2022.
Santa Marta was the city where unemployment fell the most
Press City Hall of Santa Marta
In fourth is the Capital District of Bogotá, which had a drop in unemployment of 1.9 pp, going from 12.6 percent in the mobile period of 2022 to 10.7 in the current one. Finally, in fifth place is Pasto, which had an unemployment rate of 11.3 percent, 1.8 pp less compared to the 13.1 percent of the previous year.
The cities with the highest unemployment rate
- Quibdo 27.6 percent.
- I was going 18.4 percent.
- Riohacha 15.8 percent.
- Valledupar 15.5 percent.
- Florence 14.7 percent.
- Neiva 14.5 percent.
- Cúcuta 14.0 percent.
- Monteria 13.9 percent.
- Armenian 12.0 percent.
- Barranquilla 11.9 percent.
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The cities with the lowest unemployment rate
- Santa Marta 8.8 percent.
- Medellin 9.5 percent.
- Pereira 10.0 percent.
- Tunisia 10.4 percent.
- Cartagena 10.5 percent
- Bucaramanga 10.5 percent.
- Bogota 10.7 percent.
- Manizales 11.0 percent.
- Popayan 11.1 percent.
- Paste 11.3 percent.
JUAN DAVID CANO LOPERA
School of Multimedia Journalism EL TIEMPO
ECONOMY WRITING
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