Date
12 of December of 2017

Workforce in Bogota

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A Scalable, Skilled Work Force

A young, skilled, 4.6 million strong workforce in Bogota ensures the scalability of any operation. The city’s 128 institutions of higher education enroll over 165 thousand students and graduate over 158 thousand professionals and technicians per year. In addition, Colombia has one of the most flexible labor regimes in Latin America. 
 

Number of Higher Education Students in Bogota (2009 - 2017)
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Source: National Ministry of Education, SNIES


Number of Graduates from Higher Education Institutions in Bogota (2009 - 2018)
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 Source: National Ministry of Education, Labor Observatory for Education.*Invest in Bogota estimation for 2018 based on Ministry of Education, Labor Observatory for Education. The average growth of the last 5 years is used.

Among university students, Business Administration, Engineering, Social Sciences and Humans, are some of the most popular fields of study.

Bogota Region Higher Education Graduates by Field of Study (2007- 2017)
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Source: National Ministry of Education, Observatorio Laboral para la Educación.
 

A Flexible Work Regime

According to the Global Competitiveness Report (2018) of the World Economic Forum, Colombia’s Labor Market is one of the most efficient in Latin America.


Labor Market Efficiency* (2018)

 
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The index has a scale from 0 to 100, and takes into account: the strength of the institutions, the infrastructure, the adoption of ICT, the macroeconomic stability, the health system, the capabilities of the workers, the product market, the financial market, the labor market, the size of the market, the business dynamism and the capacity for innovation.
 
Source: World Economic Forum, The Global Competitiveness Report 2018
 

 

Updated (mm/dd/yyyy): 03.26.2019