Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Colombia
Colombia: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female was 4.69 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Colombia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Colombia is 4.69, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Colombia peaked at 4.69 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.42, in 1960.
That places Colombia 84th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Colombia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.42 | — |
| 1965 | 2.65 | +9.5% |
| 1970 | 2.87 | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 3.08 | +7.3% |
| 1980 | 3.34 | +8.4% |
| 1985 | 3.56 | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 3.71 | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 3.81 | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 4.06 | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 4.2 | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 4.69 | +11.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.54 | 2.42 | 2.65 | 2 |
| 1970s | 2.98 | 2.87 | 3.08 | 2 |
| 1980s | 3.45 | 3.34 | 3.56 | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.76 | 3.71 | 3.81 | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.13 | 4.06 | 4.2 | 2 |
| 2010s | 4.69 | 4.69 | 4.69 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More education data for Colombia
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Colombia?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Colombia was 4.69 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.69 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.42 in 1960.
- How does Colombia rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female?
- Colombia ranks 84th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15+, female is the average years of primary education completed among females over age 15.