Completion rate, lower secondary … education wealth WPIA adjusted in Colombia
Colombia: Completion rate, lower secondary … education wealth WPIA adjusted was 0.8533 WPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, adjusted wealth in Colombia, 2002–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in WPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, adjusted wealth in Colombia stood at 0.8533 WPIA. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, adjusted wealth in Colombia peaked at 0.8533 WPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.4905 WPIA, in 2002.
Colombia ranks 6th of 22 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Completion rate, lower secondary … education wealth WPIA adjusted in Colombia, year by year
| Year | WPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.4905 WPIA | — |
| 2003 | 0.7636 WPIA | +55.7% |
| 2004 | 0.6285 WPIA | -17.7% |
| 2008 | 0.6932 WPIA | +10.3% |
| 2009 | 0.7085 WPIA | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 0.6866 WPIA | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.7258 WPIA | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 0.6991 WPIA | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 0.7161 WPIA | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.6645 WPIA | -7.2% |
| 2017 | 0.7371 WPIA | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 0.7997 WPIA | +8.5% |
| 2019 | 0.8149 WPIA | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 0.7584 WPIA | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 0.8127 WPIA | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 0.8224 WPIA | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.8533 WPIA | +3.8% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 0.8533 WPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.8414 WPIA, 1.0× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 0.8533 WPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.8492 WPIA, 1.0× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Completion rate, lower secondary … education wealth WPIA adjusted 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +55.7% | 0.4905 WPIA | 0.7636 WPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6569 WPIA | 0.4905 WPIA | 0.7636 WPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.7305 WPIA | 0.6645 WPIA | 0.8149 WPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.8117 WPIA | 0.7584 WPIA | 0.8533 WPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More education data for Colombia
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 93.21 (2022)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 92.68 (2022)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, adjusted wealth in Colombia?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, adjusted wealth in Colombia was 0.8533 WPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, adjusted wealth recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8533 WPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, adjusted wealth recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4905 WPIA in 2002.
- How does Colombia rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, adjusted wealth?
- Colombia ranks 6th out of 22 countries with data for 2023.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, adjusted wealth rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, adjusted wealth parity index (WPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release