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 109 institutions of higher education enroll over 759,000 students and graduate over 141 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 - 2016)

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Source: National Ministry of Education, SNIES


Number of Graduates from Higher Education Institutions in Bogota (2009 - 2016)
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Source: National Ministry of Education, Labor Observatory for Education. 

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

Bogota Higher Education Graduates by Field of Study (2006 - 2016)
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Source: National Ministry of Education, Observatorio Laboral para la Educación.
 

A Flexible Work Regime

According to the Global Competitiveness Report 2017 - 2018’s World Economic Forum report, Colombia’s labor Market is one of the most efficient in Latin America.


Labor Market Efficiency* (2017 - 2018)

 
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*The index has a scale from 1 to 7 and a higher value indicates more flexibility of the employment, and includes: cooperation in labor-employer relations, flexibility of wage determination, hiring and firing practices, redundancy costs, pay and productivity, reliance on professional management, brain drain, women in labor force.
Source: World Economic Forum, The Global Competitiveness Report 2017-2018
 

Updated (mm/dd/yyyy): 07.11.2018