Estos son los sectores de la economía que más crearon empleo para 2025 en Colombia
El cierre del año 2025 dejó un balance favorable para el mercado laboral colombiano. En diciembre, el país registró 24.224.000 personas ocupadas, lo q...

TL;DR
- Colombia added 603,000 new jobs in December 2025, bringing the total employed to 24,224,000.
- The unemployment rate fell to 8.0% in December 2025, the lowest for that month since 2001.
- Manufacturing industries were the main driver of job creation, adding 510,000 positions.
- Other sectors contributing to job growth included public administration, health, education, and arts/entertainment.
- Sectors that lost employment included agriculture/fishing, financial services, and construction.
- For the full year 2025, employment grew by 791,000 jobs, a 3.4% increase.
- Accommodation and food services, and manufacturing led annual job generation.
- Trade and vehicle repair remains the sector with the most workers (17.6%), followed by agriculture and public administration/health.
- The rate of informality decreased slightly to 55.5% in December 2025, but overall annual progress in formalization is slow.
- Private companies led the creation of formal employment.