Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Colombia
Colombia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 33.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Colombia, 2002–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 33.7% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.6% on the previous year and up 87.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Colombia peaked at 33.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.8%, in 2005.
Colombia ranks 60th of 109 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.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 10.3% | — |
| 2003 | 11.1% | +7.8% |
| 2004 | 10.3% | -7.0% |
| 2005 | 8.8% | -14.6% |
| 2006 | 10.2% | +15.6% |
| 2007 | 10.4% | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 11.0% | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 11.6% | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 12.0% | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 12.9% | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 14.5% | +12.4% |
| 2013 | 16.3% | +12.4% |
| 2014 | 18.0% | +10.2% |
| 2015 | 18.6% | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 21.5% | +15.5% |
| 2017 | 23.4% | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 23.2% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 25.9% | +11.7% |
| 2020 | 27.7% | +6.7% |
| 2021 | 29.1% | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 30.3% | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 31.0% | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 33.7% | +8.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.5% | 8.8% | 11.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 18.6% | 12.0% | 25.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.3% | 27.7% | 33.7% | 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 upper secondary education or in Colombia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Colombia was 33.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 33.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.8% in 2005.
- How does Colombia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Colombia ranks 60th out of 109 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 87.2%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release