Labour Force (Total) rose 4.83% to 26.1 mil in Colombia in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in Colombia reached an all time high of 26.3 mil in 2019 and an all time low of 13.9 mil in 1990. When compared to Colombia's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in Brazil amounted to 99.5 mil, 18.4 mil in Peru and 10.2 mil in Venezuela in 2021.
Colombia has been ranked 25th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Force (Total), 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Labour Force (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bolivia | mil | 4.98 | 5.10 | 5.31 | 5.66 | 5.68 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | mil | 99.0 | 100 | 102 | 103 | 105 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile | mil | 8.56 | 8.66 | 8.86 | 9.05 | 9.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | mil | 24.8 | 25.0 | 25.5 | 26.0 | 26.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guyana | mil | 0.288 | 0.289 | 0.291 | 0.301 | 0.309 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | mil | 16.7 | 17.2 | 17.6 | 18.0 | 18.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | mil | 0.697 | 0.694 | 0.698 | 0.713 | 0.722 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | mil | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 10.9 |
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