Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Colombia
Colombia: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.5586 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Colombia, 2004–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Colombia stood at 0.5586 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.3% on the previous year and up 45.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Colombia peaked at 0.5586 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2552 LPIA, in 2004.
Colombia ranks 65th of 95 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Colombia, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.2552 LPIA | — |
| 2005 | 0.2766 LPIA | +8.4% |
| 2006 | 0.2952 LPIA | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 0.2714 LPIA | -8.1% |
| 2008 | 0.2738 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.2857 LPIA | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 0.289 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.3041 LPIA | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 0.3292 LPIA | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 0.3524 LPIA | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 0.3832 LPIA | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 0.3897 LPIA | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.4287 LPIA | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4394 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 0.4766 LPIA | +8.5% |
| 2020 | 0.4987 LPIA | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 0.5094 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 0.5206 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 0.5586 LPIA | +7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2763 LPIA | 0.2552 LPIA | 0.2952 LPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.3769 LPIA | 0.289 LPIA | 0.4766 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.5218 LPIA | 0.4987 LPIA | 0.5586 LPIA | 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 lower secondary education or in Colombia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Colombia was 0.5586 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5586 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2552 LPIA in 2004.
- How does Colombia rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Colombia ranks 65th out of 95 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.8%. 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 lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release