The figures correspond to the second quarter of this year and specify that 73.88 percent correspond to self-employed workers, 16.42 percent to private employees, 7.25 percent to employers or active partners, and 2.42 percent to unpaid family members.

A comparison of the results with the first quarter shows a growth of 29,269 new independent workers in the informal sector, reflecting the expansion of unregistered activities and private entrepreneurship.

Of the 5,123 548 people employed in the country during the period analyzed, 2, 517 565 (49.13 percent) were in the formal sector.

In total, the country’s employed population experienced a positive variation of 2.9 percent, equivalent to 142 thousand 364 new jobs, mainly driven by professionals and intellectuals (42 thousand 728), operators and drivers (23 thousand 411), and service workers (20 thousand 123).

On the other hand, unskilled labor showed a drop of 14,728 people.

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