Completion rate, primary education, urban, second quintile, female in Colombia
Colombia: Completion rate, primary education, urban, second quintile, female was 97.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, urban, second quintile, female in Colombia, 2002–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 97.8% for completion rate, primary education, urban, second quintile, female in 2023. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, urban, second quintile, female in Colombia peaked at 97.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 85.0%, in 2005.
Colombia ranks 12th of 29 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Completion rate, primary education, urban, second quintile, female in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 88.0% | — |
| 2003 | 90.5% | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 91.2% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 85.0% | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 94.1% | +10.7% |
| 2009 | 95.1% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 91.8% | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 96.0% | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 96.9% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 95.4% | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 96.6% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 93.1% | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 96.5% | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 97.6% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 97.4% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 96.1% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 96.8% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 97.3% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 97.2% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 97.8% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 90.6% | 85.0% | 95.1% | 6 |
| 2010s | 95.7% | 91.8% | 97.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.3% | 96.8% | 97.8% | 4 |
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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, primary education, urban, second quintile, female in Colombia?
- Completion rate, primary education, urban, second quintile, female in Colombia was 97.8% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, urban, second quintile, female recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 97.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, urban, second quintile, female recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.0% in 2005.
- How does Colombia rank for completion rate, primary education, urban, second quintile, female?
- Colombia ranks 12th out of 29 countries with data for 2023.
- Is completion rate, primary education, urban, second quintile, female rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. 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, primary education, urban, second quintile, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release