Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, male in Colombia
Colombia: Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, male was 82.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, male in Colombia, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 82.4% for completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.1% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, male in Colombia peaked at 82.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 56.0%, in 2000.
That places Colombia 27th out of 81 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, male in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 56.0% | — |
| 2002 | 61.6% | +9.9% |
| 2003 | 61.0% | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 64.0% | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 64.3% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 69.7% | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 67.8% | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 68.9% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 71.1% | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 71.0% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 72.3% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 72.1% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 71.2% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 74.6% | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 76.0% | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 76.4% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 76.1% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 78.4% | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 77.9% | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 77.7% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 77.7% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 82.4% | +6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 63.5% | 56.0% | 69.7% | 7 |
| 2010s | 73.0% | 68.9% | 76.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.8% | 77.7% | 82.4% | 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, upper secondary education, urban, male in Colombia?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, male in Colombia was 82.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, male recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 82.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, male recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.0% in 2000.
- How does Colombia rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, male?
- Colombia ranks 27th out of 81 countries with data for 2024.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, male rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. 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, upper secondary education, urban, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release