Youth Unemployment / Colombia
Colombia Youth Unemployment
Colombia youth unemployment data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 17.65%.
COUNTRY: Colombia
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-07 05:07:43
GM ECONOMY RATING
Colombia · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
59 / 100
Moderate stability
Fiscal stability
9.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
13.0 / 20
External stability
9.0 / 15
Financial robustness
10.0 / 15
Structural stability
12.0 / 15
Future capacity
5.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
4.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Colombia · youth unemployment data as percent of GDP.
Latest
17.65%
Previous
19.41%
Range avg.
20.63%
Rank
34
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CountryColombia
IndicatorYouth Unemployment
17.65%2025 · Rank 34
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Colombia recorded 17.65% for Youth Unemployment in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
The value decreased from 19.41% in 2024; the absolute change was 1.76 percentage points.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (20.63%).
Within the last 10 available observations, the range runs from 17.65% in 2025 to 27.25% in 2020.
Comparison
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