La informalidad laboral se mantiene en 55,4%: más de la mitad de los ocupados sigue lograr un empleo decente
Colombia lleva dos años sin grandes avances en materia de informalidad. Foto: Imagen generada con Inteligencia Artificial - ChatGPT
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.