Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Colombia
Colombia: Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent was 1.33 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Colombia, 2007–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Colombia stood at 1.33 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 16.7% on the previous year and up 28.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Colombia peaked at 1.33 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8824 GPIA, in 2009.
Colombia ranks 19th of 81 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.8824 GPIA | 1.14 GPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 1.13 GPIA | 0.9988 GPIA | 1.24 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 1.2 GPIA | 1.14 GPIA | 1.33 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More education data for Colombia
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 104.83 (2022)
- School enrollment, primary 104.8% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Colombia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Colombia was 1.33 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.33 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8824 GPIA in 2009.
- How does Colombia rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Colombia ranks 19th out of 81 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.0%. 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 Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release