Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Colombia
Colombia: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent was 0.7% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Colombia, 2007β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Colombia stood at 0.7%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.6% on the previous year and up 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Colombia peaked at 0.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2007.
Colombia ranks 49th of 59 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9% compare
- 47 South Africa 0.7% compare
- 48 Thailand 0.7% compare
- 50 Costa Rica 0.7% compare
- 51 Sri Lanka 0.6% compare
- 52 Mexico 0.5% 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 master's or equivalent in Colombia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Colombia was 0.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2007.
- How does Colombia rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- Colombia ranks 49th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.4%. 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 Master's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release