La informalidad laboral se mantiene en 55,4%: más de la mitad de los ocupados sigue lograr un empleo decente

TL;DR

55.4% of the occupied population in Colombia is in informal employment (September-November 2025).
Informality is significantly higher in rural areas (83.4%) than in urban centers (42.3-43.6%).
Informality is higher among men (57.8%) than women (51.9%) nationally.
In major cities, informality is lower, with male informality at 43.4% and female informality at 41.0%.
Sincelejo (67.1%), Valledupar (65.4%), and Cúcuta A.M. (61.3%) show the highest informality rates among cities.
Bogotá D.C. (35.3%), Manizales A.M. (37.2%), and Medellín A.M. (37.8%) have the lowest informality rates.
84.5% of workers in microenterprises are informal.
Informality decreases significantly with company size: 21.9% in small, 5.3% in medium, and 2.2% in large enterprises.
The informality rate has been stagnant around 55% since 2023.
Reducing informality requires structural transformations in the productive and business sectors, not just economic cycles.

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