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Exchange rate
7.64
Q/US$
Oct 6, 2026
Inflation, year on year
3.37%
Aug 2026
Family remittances
US$2.3B
Aug 2026
International reserves
US$33.5B
Aug 2026
Policy rate
3.5%
Sep 2026
INE
Figures it publishes
INE, Instituto Nacional de Estadística
2,244 figures
Figures it publishes
2,244
Prices & cost of living
1,182
People & society
725
Costs
89
Setting up & operating
84
Manufacturing, construction & mining
69
Energy
46
Risk & security
37
Jobs & wages
12
Informality
64.9
%
↓
−1.2 pp
vs Q1 2025
better
Q1 2026
INE
↗
Unemployment
2.2
%
↓
−0.1 pp
vs Q1 2025
better
Q1 2026
INE
↗
Unemployed population
179K
people
↓
−1.1%
vs Q2 2025
Q1 2026
INE
↗
Workers in the formal sector
2.8M
people
↑
+3.7%
vs Q2 2025
Q1 2026
INE
↗
Workers in the informal sector
5.2M
people
↓
−1.9%
vs Q2 2025
better
Q1 2026
INE
↗
Employed population
8.0M
people
No change
vs Q2 2025
Q1 2026
INE
↗
Economically active population
8.2M
people
No change
vs Q2 2025
Q1 2026
INE
↗
Working-age population
12.7M
people
↑
+1.6%
vs Q2 2025
Q1 2026
INE
↗
Economically inactive population
4.5M
people
↑
+4.7%
vs Q2 2025
Q1 2026
INE
↗
Specific employment rate
97.8
%
↑
+0.1 pp
vs Q1 2025
better
Q1 2026
INE
↗
Participation rate
64.2
%
↓
−1.4 pp
vs Q1 2025
Q1 2026
INE
↗
Visible underemployment
12.9
%
↓
−0.5 pp
vs Q1 2025
better
Q1 2026
INE
↗