{
  "id": 7618680,
  "title": "More Than Half of Colombia Still Works Informally",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/more-than-half-of-colombia-still-works-informally",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-15T19:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Colombia One",
    "slug": "colombia-one",
    "url": "https://colombiaone.com/2026/09/15/more-than-half-colombia-works-informally/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "More than half of Colombia's workers are engaged in informal employment, leaving significant gaps in social protection, productivity, and pension coverage. This statistic, taken from the latest informal employment bulletin released by Colombia's National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) for the May-July 2026 quarter, shows a slight decline from the previous year's 55.0% to the current 54.6%. Despite this improvement, the sheer number of people affected underscores the challenges Colombia faces in formalizing its labor market.",
  "summary": "Colombia is creating jobs and reducing unemployment, but behind that improvement remains one of the most difficult structural problems in its economy: for more than half of the people who work in the country, having a job still does not necessarily mean having access to formal employment. The latest informal employment bulletin from DANE, Colombia’s […]",
  "key_points": [
    "More than half of Colombia's workers are in informal employment.",
    "Informal employment rate decreased slightly to 54.6% in May-July 2026.",
    "Informal sector hinders social protection, productivity, and pension coverage."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}