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CEPALSTAT: quarterly unemployment

Quarterly unemployment rate, harmonised by ECLAC, for ten countries.

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Region: quarterly unemployment rate since 2019

Quarterly unemployment rate harmonised by ECLAC; one line per country, ten countries.

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For Colombia, between Jan 2019 and Apr 2025, the series decreased 21.8% (11.24 → 8.79). The largest point-to-point change was +6.72, from Jan 2020 to Apr 2020.

07.51522.530Jan 2019: 4.39Apr 2019: 3.54Jul 2019: 3.25Oct 2019: 3.6Jan 2020: 4.23Apr 2020: 8.36Jul 2020: 10.76Oct 2020: 8.39Jan 2021: 6.25Apr 2021: 5.44Jul 2021: 4.7Oct 2021: 3.81Jan 2022: 4.5Apr 2022: 3.35Jul 2022: 3Oct 2022: 3.22Jan 2023: 3.59Apr 2023: 2.82Jul 2023: 2.72Oct 2023: 2.83Jan 2024: 3.03Apr 2024: 2.76Jul 2024: 2.7Oct 2024: 2.51Jan 2025: 3.06Apr 2025: 2.43Jan 2019: 11.24Apr 2019: 9.52Jul 2019: 10.02Oct 2019: 8.93Jan 2020: 11.92Apr 2020: 18.64Jul 2020: 16.8Oct 2020: 13.1Jan 2021: 15.95Apr 2021: 15.11Jul 2021: 12.63Oct 2021: 11.54Jan 2022: 13.22Apr 2022: 11.03Jul 2022: 10.79Oct 2022: 9.83Jan 2023: 11.69Apr 2023: 10.18Jul 2023: 9.37Oct 2023: 9.42Jan 2024: 11.87Apr 2024: 10.41Jul 2024: 9.57Oct 2024: 8.81Jan 2025: 10.52Apr 2025: 8.79Jan 2019: 11.29Apr 2019: 11.92Jul 2019: 11.39Oct 2019: 12.42Jan 2020: 12.45Apr 2020: 24.01Jul 2020: 21.98Oct 2020: 20Jan 2021: 18.69Apr 2021: 18.1Jul 2021: 15.3Oct 2021: 13.7Jan 2022: 13.6Apr 2022: 11.68Jul 2022: 11.95Oct 2022: 11.67Jan 2023: 10.6Apr 2023: 9.58Jul 2023: 8.08Oct 2023: 7.3Jan 2024: 7.82Apr 2024: 8.53Jul 2024: 6.59Oct 2024: 6.88Jan 2025: 7.47Apr 2025: 7.42Jan 2019: 3.9Apr 2019: 3.67Jul 2019: 4.15Oct 2019: 3.36Apr 2020: 8.35Jul 2020: 5.42Oct 2020: 4.9Jan 2021: 4.7Apr 2021: 4.99Jul 2021: 4.46Oct 2021: 4.2Jan 2022: 4.38Apr 2022: 3.85Jul 2022: 3.66Oct 2022: 3.36Jan 2023: 3.37Apr 2023: 3.5Jul 2023: 3.42Oct 2023: 3.25Jan 2024: 3.79Apr 2024: 3.19Jul 2024: 3.68Oct 2024: 3.16Jan 2025: 3.35Apr 2025: 3.51Jan 2019: 3.37Apr 2019: 3.54Jul 2019: 3.74Oct 2019: 3.37Jan 2020: 3.43Apr 2020: 4.78Jul 2020: 5.24Oct 2020: 4.29Jan 2021: 4.35Apr 2021: 4.21Jul 2021: 4.24Oct 2021: 3.66Jan 2022: 3.45Apr 2022: 3.23Jul 2022: 3.43Oct 2022: 2.99Jan 2023: 2.66Apr 2023: 2.81Jul 2023: 2.99Oct 2023: 2.69Jan 2024: 2.54Apr 2024: 2.67Jul 2024: 3Oct 2024: 2.57Jan 2025: 2.46Apr 2025: 2.66Jan 2019: 6Apr 2019: 5.4Jul 2019: 5.4Oct 2019: 4.9Jan 2020: 4.8Apr 2020: 5.4Jul 2020: 4.8Oct 2020: 4.8Jan 2021: 4.9Apr 2021: 5.01Jul 2021: 4.34Oct 2021: 3.85Jan 2022: 4.21Apr 2022: 3.62Jul 2022: 3.33Oct 2022: 2.94Jan 2023: 3.16Apr 2023: 3.57Jul 2023: 3.34Oct 2023: 3.37Jan 2024: 3.7Apr 2024: 3.36Jul 2024: 2.67Oct 2024: 2.49Jan 2025: 2.83Apr 2025: 2.78Jan 2019: 6.91Apr 2019: 7.44Jul 2019: 6.23Oct 2019: 5.7Jan 2020: 7.93Apr 2020: 7.58Jul 2020: 8.2Oct 2020: 7.2Jan 2021: 8.1Apr 2021: 8.6Jul 2021: 6.53Oct 2021: 6.8Jan 2022: 8.27Apr 2022: 6.77Jul 2022: 6.07Oct 2022: 5.8Jan 2023: 6.51Apr 2023: 5.85Jul 2023: 5.95Oct 2023: 5.23Jan 2024: 6.9Apr 2024: 6.43Jul 2024: 5.34Oct 2024: 4.55Jan 2025: 5.57Apr 2025: 4.91Jan 2019: 5.2Apr 2019: 3.6Jul 2019: 3.5Oct 2019: 3.6Jan 2020: 5.2Apr 2020: 8.8Jul 2020: 9.6Oct 2020: 7Jan 2021: 8.2Apr 2021: 5.5Jul 2021: 5.3Oct 2021: 4.4Jan 2022: 6.2Apr 2022: 4.19Jul 2022: 4.34Oct 2022: 4.46Jan 2023: 5.85Apr 2023: 5.34Jul 2023: 5.13Oct 2023: 5.3Jan 2024: 6.38Apr 2024: 5.9Jul 2024: 6.3Oct 2024: 5.7Jan 2025: 5.5Apr 2025: 5.9Jan 2019: 5.84Apr 2019: 6.44Jul 2019: 6.53Oct 2019: 5.85Jan 2020: 5.68Apr 2020: 3.17Jul 2020: 7.1Oct 2020: 7.4Jan 2021: 8Apr 2021: 7.6Jul 2021: 6.8Oct 2021: 7.1Jan 2022: 6.4Apr 2022: 5.2Jul 2022: 4.79Oct 2022: 4.78Jan 2023: 5.23Apr 2023: 5.65Jul 2023: 5.35Oct 2023: 4.99Jan 2024: 5.15Apr 2024: 5.33Jul 2024: 5.26Oct 2024: 4.81Jan 2025: 4.87Apr 2025: 4.95Jan 2019: 8.78Apr 2019: 8.89Jul 2019: 9.21Oct 2019: 8.82Jan 2020: 9.7Apr 2020: 10.03Jul 2020: 10.8Oct 2020: 10Jan 2021: 10.47Apr 2021: 9.76Jul 2021: 9.62Oct 2021: 7.44Jan 2022: 7.45Apr 2022: 8.05Jul 2022: 8.09Oct 2022: 7.84Jan 2023: 8.41Apr 2023: 8.57Jul 2023: 8.1Oct 2023: 8.23Jan 2024: 8.61Apr 2024: 8.55Jul 2024: 8.27Oct 2024: 7.3Jan 2025: 8.01Apr 2025: 7.69Colombia · 8.79Uruguay · 7.69Costa Rica · 7.42Peru · 5.9Dominican… · 4.95Paraguay · 4.91Ecuador · 3.51Nicaragua · 2.78Mexico · 2.66Bolivia · 2.43Jan 2019Jul 2020Apr 2022Oct 2023Apr 2025
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2 filters · 12 partitionsIndicator key: unemployment_rate_pctYear: from 2019

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IndicatorIndicator groupPeriodYearMonthRecord identifierFrequencyIndicator keyInspect record
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoJan 20142014Januarycepal-desocupacion-trimestral|colombia|2014-01-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Colombiaquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoJan 20142014Januarycepal-desocupacion-trimestral|costa-rica|2014-01-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Costa Ricaquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoJan 20142014Januarycepal-desocupacion-trimestral|ecuador|2014-01-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Ecuadorquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoJan 20142014Januarycepal-desocupacion-trimestral|mexico|2014-01-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Méxicoquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoJan 20142014Januarycepal-desocupacion-trimestral|nicaragua|2014-01-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Nicaraguaquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoJan 20142014Januarycepal-desocupacion-trimestral|peru|2014-01-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Perúquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoJan 20142014Januarycepal-desocupacion-trimestral|uruguay|2014-01-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Uruguayquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoJan 20142014Januarycepal-desocupacion-trimestral|dominican_republic|2014-01-01|unemployment_rate_pct|República Dominicanaquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoApr 20142014Aprilcepal-desocupacion-trimestral|colombia|2014-04-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Colombiaquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoApr 20142014Aprilcepal-desocupacion-trimestral|costa-rica|2014-04-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Costa Ricaquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoApr 20142014Aprilcepal-desocupacion-trimestral|ecuador|2014-04-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Ecuadorquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoApr 20142014Aprilcepal-desocupacion-trimestral|mexico|2014-04-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Méxicoquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoApr 20142014Aprilcepal-desocupacion-trimestral|nicaragua|2014-04-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Nicaraguaquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoApr 20142014Aprilcepal-desocupacion-trimestral|peru|2014-04-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Perúquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoApr 20142014Aprilcepal-desocupacion-trimestral|uruguay|2014-04-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Uruguayquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoApr 20142014Aprilcepal-desocupacion-trimestral|dominican_republic|2014-04-01|unemployment_rate_pct|República Dominicanaquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoJul 20142014Julycepal-desocupacion-trimestral|colombia|2014-07-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Colombiaquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoJul 20142014Julycepal-desocupacion-trimestral|costa-rica|2014-07-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Costa Ricaquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoJul 20142014Julycepal-desocupacion-trimestral|ecuador|2014-07-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Ecuadorquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoJul 20142014Julycepal-desocupacion-trimestral|mexico|2014-07-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Méxicoquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoJul 20142014Julycepal-desocupacion-trimestral|nicaragua|2014-07-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Nicaraguaquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoJul 20142014Julycepal-desocupacion-trimestral|peru|2014-07-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Perúquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoJul 20142014Julycepal-desocupacion-trimestral|uruguay|2014-07-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Uruguayquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoJul 20142014Julycepal-desocupacion-trimestral|dominican_republic|2014-07-01|unemployment_rate_pct|República Dominicanaquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
Tasa de desocupación trimestralempleoOct 20142014Octobercepal-desocupacion-trimestral|colombia|2014-10-01|unemployment_rate_pct|Colombiaquarterlyunemployment_rate_pct
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