Colombian departments prosper due to mining
The central Colombian departments of Meta and Casanare and the northern Cesar department prospered last year due to mining activities, revealed the country’s statistics office, Dane on Thursday. In 2011…
The central Colombian departments of Meta and Casanare and the northern Cesar department prospered last year due to mining activities, revealed the country’s statistics office, Dane on Thursday. In 2011…
Colombia’s finance minister will announce a new tax reform Tuesday, which allegedly targets the nation’s wealthiest workers. Among the major items of the fiscal reform will be a tax increase…
The unemployment rate for Colombia has dropped to 9.7%, the lowest it has been in 11 years. According to the Director of the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE), unemployment…
Colombia’s economy grew 4.9% in the second quarter of this year compared to the same period of 2011, said the state statistics agency Dane on Thursday. The country’s gross domestic…
Colombia’s government statistics agency said Thursday that 13% of the country’s children are involved in child labor. Colombia’s National Statistics Department (DANE) reported that approximately 1.5 million children between the…
Almost one fifth of Colombians between the ages of 14 and 26 is unemployed, according to the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE). Between April and June of this year,…
Colombia’s unemployment rate reached 10% in June compared to 10.9% in the same month last year, Colombia’s national statistics agency DANE announced Tuesday. This was the lowest unemployment rate registered…
Colombian women earn an average of 20% less than their male counterparts, according to the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE). The Director of DANE, Jorge Bustamante, told the crowd…
To commemorate the “World Day Against Child Labor,” Colombia’s Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) underscored statistics that claimed the country has around one million child laborers and called for political reform. According…