Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Colombia
Colombia: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 25.5% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Colombia, 2002β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 25.5% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2024. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 38.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Colombia peaked at 25.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11.9%, in 2006.
Colombia ranks 48th of 129 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 | 14.7% | 11.9% | 16.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 18.2% | 15.2% | 22.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.0% | 20.7% | 25.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 45 Azerbaijan 28.3% compare
- 46 Hong Kong (China) 27.9% compare
- 47 Malta 27.4% compare
- 49 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 25.3% compare
- 50 Hungary 24.7% compare
- 51 Mongolia 24.6% 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 short-cycle tertiary education in Colombia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Colombia was 25.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 25.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.9% in 2006.
- How does Colombia rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Colombia ranks 48th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.4%. 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 short-cycle tertiary 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