In Colombia, at the end of the second half of the year, There were 2.49 million people between 15 and 28 years of age who do not study or workas revealed by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE)representing 22.4% of the people of working age in this age range.
If you look by sex, 7.1% correspond to men (795,000 people) and the remaining 15.2% corresponds to the women (1.69 million people).
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If the spectrum is extended to the young population, The unemployment rate of the young population was 15.3%, which represents a decrease of 2.4 percentage points compared to the same period of the previous year (17.7%).
He trade and vehicle repair They are the economic sectors that most use young, according to the last measurement of the DANE, with 977,000 employees; followed by agrowith 732,000 positions; and the manufacturing industry, with 573,000.
Unemployment
Further back, there are others like the Accommodation and food services (515,000 people), La Public Administration, Education and Health (466,000 people) and artistic and entertainment activities (421,000 people).
(Besides: Informality, an obstacle to achieving inclusive growth).
On the other hand, the sectors in which young people work less are real estate activities, the supply of electricity, gas and water, the exploitation of mines and quarries and financial and insurance activities.
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