Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female in Colombia
Colombia: Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female was 76.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female in Colombia, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female in Colombia stood at 76.9%. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.4% on the previous year and up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female in Colombia peaked at 76.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30.5%, in 2000.
Colombia ranks 51st of 79 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 30.5% | — |
| 2002 | 39.6% | +30.0% |
| 2003 | 38.4% | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 39.1% | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 40.9% | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 46.4% | +13.5% |
| 2009 | 48.0% | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 59.4% | +23.8% |
| 2011 | 58.0% | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 59.9% | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 60.6% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 65.4% | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 62.2% | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 66.6% | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 68.7% | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 67.1% | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 70.2% | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 71.0% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 73.7% | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 69.2% | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 72.3% | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 76.9% | +6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 40.4% | 30.5% | 48.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 63.8% | 58.0% | 70.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.6% | 69.2% | 76.9% | 5 |
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More education data for Colombia
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 180,781 (2022)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 20.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female in Colombia?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female in Colombia was 76.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 76.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.5% in 2000.
- How does Colombia rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female?
- Colombia ranks 51st out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release