He National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) On August 30, the country’s employment and unemployment figures for the month of July were revealed, announcing that the unemployment rate for the seventh month of the year was 9.9%.
In the case of the employed population, There was an increase of 0.1% in the national total and in the thirteen cities and metropolitan areas there was a variation of 0.8%, with a contribution of 0.4 percentage points.
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It should be noted that in the 10 cities (Tunja, Florencia, Popayán, Valledupar, Quibdó, Neiva, Riohacha, Santa Marta, Armenia and Sincelejo) and other capitals, a negative variation of -1.3% was recorded in each geographic domain.
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Now, if the data is observed by cities and metropolitan areas, the Dane found that the cities that had the highest unemployment rate in the second quarter of the year were, in order, Quibdo (26.3%); Riohacha (16.6%); Ibague (15.7%); Florence (15.3%) and Sincelejo (13.1%).
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On the other hand, those that presented the lowest data were, in order, Bucaramanga and its metropolitan area (8.4%); Medellin and its metropolitan area (9%); Santa Marta (9.1%); Bogota (10%) and Neiva (10.1%).
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If we look at the 32 capital cities, not counting their metropolitan areas, the highest data were found in Arauca (30.5%); Mocoa (27%); Quibdó (26.3%); Puerto Carreno (17.5%) and Riohacha (16.9%).
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However, the lowest data were found in Leticia (3.1%); Mitu (7.0%); Bucaramanga (8.5%); Medellin (9%) and Inirida (9.1%). The results for other major cities were: Cali (11.1%); Barranquilla (9.8%) and Cartagena (12%).
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