Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Colombia
Colombia: Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent was 17.7% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Colombia, 2007β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 17.7% for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in 2024. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.3% on the previous year and up 68.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Colombia peaked at 17.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9.2%, in 2009.
Colombia ranks 57th of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.6% | 9.2% | 10.0% | 3 |
| 2010s | 10.5% | 9.5% | 12.1% | 9 |
| 2020s | 15.8% | 12.8% | 17.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 54 Mexico 18.4% compare
- 55 Philippines 18.1% compare
- 56 Iran, Islamic Republic of 17.9% compare
- 58 Azerbaijan, Republic of 17.7% compare
- 59 Italy 17.6% compare
- 60 Albania 17.5% compare
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)
- School enrollment, primary 104.8% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0035 units per person (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 17.7% 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 17.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.2% in 2009.
- How does Colombia rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Colombia ranks 57th out of 112 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 68.2%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release