Colombia’s urban jobless rate was 11.4 percent in April, the national statistics agency said in Bogota today.

Economists had estimated unemployment of 10.8 percent, according to a median forecast of 18 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. The national jobless rate was 10.9 percent.

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