According to Dane, for the first month of 2023, the unemployment rate of the national total was 13.7 percent, while it had a reduction of 0.9 percent, since in the same month of 2022 it was located at 14.6 percent.
Likewise, the National Department of Statistics assured that the overall participation rate was 63.4 percent, while in January 2022 it was 62.6 percent.
Finally, the occupancy rate in January 2022 was 54.7 percent, which represented an increase of 1.3 percentage points compared to the same month in 2022 (53.4 percent).
Leonardo Trujillo, the deputy director of the entity, said that the registered values are similar to those prior to the pandemic, since in January 2019, the unemployment rate was 13.1 percent and for 2020 it was 13.5 percent. .
«This also happens with participation in the labor market in January 2020 it was at 63.9 percent and now it stands at 63.4 percent.In addition, with the occupancy rate of 54.7 percent when in January 2020 it was 55.3 percent,» said the official.
In January 2023, the unemployment rate in the total of the 13 cities and metropolitan areas was 14.5 percent, the global participation rate 65.5 percent, and the employment rate 56.0 percent. In January 2022, these rates stood at 14.8 percent, 64.5 percent, and 54.9 percent, respectively.
quarterly result
In the national total, the unemployment rate for the moving quarter from November 2022 – January 2023 was 11.2 percent, which represented a decrease of 1.3 percentage points compared to the moving quarter November 2021 – January 2022 (12.4 percent).
The cities with the highest unemployment rates were: Quibdó (28.6%), Riohacha (17.9%) and Ibagué (17.7%). In contrast, those with the lowest unemployment rate were: Santa Marta (9.3%), Medellín and its metropolitan area (9.4%), and Manizales and its metropolitan area (9.7%).
The overall participation rate was 63.5 percent, which meant an increase of 1.1 percentage points compared to the moving quarter November 2021 – January 2022 (62.4 percent).
Finally, the occupancy rate was 56.4 percent, which represented an increase of 1.8 percentage points compared to the moving quarter November 2021 – January 2022 (54.7 percent).
In the November 2022 – January 2023 rolling quarter, the unemployment rate for the 13 cities and metropolitan areas was 11.5 percent, which represented a decrease of 1.4 percentage points compared to the November 2021 – January rolling quarter. 2022 (12.8 percent).
The global participation rate was 65.6 percent, which meant an increase of 2.2 percentage points compared to the moving quarter November 2021 – January 2022 (63.5 percent). Finally, the occupancy rate was 58.1 percent, which represented an increase of 2.8 percentage points compared to the moving quarter November 2021 – January 2022 (55.3 percent).
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In the month of January 2023, the number of employed people in the national total was 21,492. The branches that contributed most positively to the variation in the employed population were Accommodation and food services (1.6 percentage points); Professional, scientific, technical and administrative service activities; Artistic activities, entertainment, recreation and other service activities; and Manufacturing industries each with 1.0 percentage points, respectively.
In the first month of the year, the Worker, private employee; Domestic employee and unpaid family worker They were the occupational positions that contributed the most positively to the variation of the employed in the national total with 4.6, 0.4 and 0.3 percentage points, respectively.
Regarding the population outside the labor force, it was 14,387 thousand people in the national total. This population was mainly concentrated in Household trades (58.0%), and Others (24.7%).
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