Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master both in Colombia
Colombia: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master both was 4.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Colombia, 2007–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Colombia stood at 4.6%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 40.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Colombia peaked at 4.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.3%, in 2009.
That places Colombia 45th out of 82 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master both in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2.5% | — |
| 2008 | 2.4% | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 2.3% | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 2.6% | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 2.8% | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 2.8% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 3.1% | +10.6% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 3.2% | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 3.3% | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 3.6% | +7.8% |
| 2019 | 3.7% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 3.9% | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 4.2% | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 4.6% | +8.8% |
| 2024 | 4.6% | +0.8% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 4.6% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.5%, 1.8× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 4.6% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2.7%, 1.7× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 3 |
| 2010s | 3.1% | 2.6% | 3.7% | 9 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 3.9% | 4.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More education data for Colombia
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 93.21 (2022)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 92.68 (2022)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 190,940 (2022)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 234,939 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 963,182 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 937,684 (2022)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.85 million (2022)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.14 million (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.2 % change on previous year (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 4.6% 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 4.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.3% in 2009.
- How does Colombia rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- Colombia ranks 45th out of 82 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 40.4%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release