Unemployment in Colombia has increased

In June 2018, the unemployment rate in the national total was 9.1%, 0.4% above of the average recorded for the same month of 2017, which was 8.7%.

For this year in June, the unemployment rate in all 13 cities and metropolitan areas was 11.1%, the overall participation rate 66.4%, and the rate of unemployment. occupancy 59.0%.

According to the Dane, 22.6 million citizens in the country were working in June 2018, which gave an employment rate of 58.3%, which means an increase, since in the same month of in the year 2017, he managed to be in 59.5%.

April, May and June

In the April-June 2018 quarter the unemployment rate for the national total was 9.4%, the participation rate was 64.3% and the occupancy rate of 58.2%. During the quarter from April to June 2017, the unemployment rate was 9.0%, the activity rate was 64.8% and the occupancy rate was 59.0% .

For the national total, the branches with the greatest growth The population employed in the April-June 2018 quarter was as follows: Community, social and personal services; Other branches (Mining and quarrying and supply of electricity, gas and water) and

Commerce, hotels and restaurants. Together, these three branches contributed 0.8 percentage points to the change in the employed population

Incidence

The departmental capital where the option of work has become more complex, generating growth between April and June of this year (compared to the same period last year was Florence, with an increase of 2.4%.) The capital of Bolívar Department, where unemployment fell the more in this period, with a fall of 2.6%

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