Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female in Colombia
Colombia: Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female was 98.2% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female in Colombia, 1986–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of primary school age children.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 98.2% for adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female in 2018. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female in Colombia peaked at 98.2% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 69.1%, in 1986.
Colombia ranks 30th of 165 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % of primary school age children | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 69.1% | — |
| 1991 | 77.0% | +11.5% |
| 1999 | 97.1% | +26.0% |
| 2000 | 96.9% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 91.7% | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 92.4% | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 95.0% | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 95.1% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 93.0% | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 93.2% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 96.6% | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 95.9% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 97.8% | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 98.2% | +0.5% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 98.2% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.2%, 1.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 98.2% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 94.8%, 1.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female in Colombia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +26.0% | 77.0% | 97.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 69.1% | 69.1% | 69.1% | 1 |
| 1990s | 87.0% | 77.0% | 97.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 94.0% | 91.7% | 96.9% | 4 |
| 2010s | 95.7% | 93.0% | 98.2% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More education data for Colombia
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 190,940 (2022)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 234,939 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 963,182 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 937,684 (2022)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.85 million (2022)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.14 million (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.2 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.08 units per person (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female in Colombia?
- Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female in Colombia was 98.2% in 2018, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 98.2% in 2018.
- What is the lowest adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.1% in 1986.
- How does Colombia rank for adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female?
- Colombia ranks 30th out of 165 countries with data for 2018.
- Is adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female (% of primary school age children). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Adjusted net enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.