Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Colombia
Colombia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 82.5% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Colombia, 2002β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Colombia stood at 82.5%. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Colombia peaked at 82.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 69.1%, in 2002.
Colombia ranks 95th of 134 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 70.4% | 69.1% | 71.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 75.2% | 71.7% | 79.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.2% | 80.4% | 82.5% | 5 |
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 primary education or higher in Colombia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Colombia was 82.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 82.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.1% in 2002.
- How does Colombia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Colombia ranks 95th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release