What is the difference in labor force, total, per capita between Colombia and Portugal?

0.0005 units per person, with Portugal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Portugal?

36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Colombia vs Portugal: Labor force, total, per capita

Colombia

0.5072 units per person

in 2025

Portugal

0.5077 units per person

in 2025

Colombia rank

61st

Portugal rank

60th

Labor force, total, per capita over time

Colombia
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 0.5077 units per person against 0.5072 units per person in Colombia, a difference of 0.0005 units per person.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Portugal ahead.

Colombia ranks 61st and Portugal ranks 60th of 188 countries.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Colombia	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.4428 units per person	0.4859 units per person	0.0431 units per person	Portugal
2000s	0.4594 units per person	0.519 units per person	0.0595 units per person	Portugal
2010s	0.5007 units per person	0.5081 units per person	0.0073 units per person	Portugal
2020s	0.5037 units per person	0.5038 units per person	0.0001 units per person	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher labor force, total, per capita, Colombia or Portugal?: Portugal, at 0.5077 units per person against 0.5072 units per person in Colombia as of 2025.
What is the difference in labor force, total, per capita between Colombia and Portugal?: 0.0005 units per person, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Portugal?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Colombia and Portugal rank globally for labor force, total, per capita?: Colombia ranks 61st and Portugal ranks 60th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Labor force, total, per capita
Unit: units per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 234 places, 8,410 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.