Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Colombia
Colombia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.4691 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Colombia, 2002–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Colombia is 0.4691 LPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.9% on the previous year and up 51.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Colombia peaked at 0.4691 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2019 LPIA, in 2005.
That places Colombia 73rd out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.2595 LPIA | — |
| 2003 | 0.2556 LPIA | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.2405 LPIA | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 0.2019 LPIA | -16.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2466 LPIA | +22.1% |
| 2007 | 0.227 LPIA | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 0.2274 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.2448 LPIA | +7.6% |
| 2010 | 0.2452 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.256 LPIA | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 0.2723 LPIA | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 0.2892 LPIA | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 0.3097 LPIA | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 0.3214 LPIA | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 0.3503 LPIA | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3748 LPIA | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3594 LPIA | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 0.3856 LPIA | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 0.4155 LPIA | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 0.4288 LPIA | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 0.4286 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.4388 LPIA | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 0.4691 LPIA | +6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2379 LPIA | 0.2019 LPIA | 0.2595 LPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.3164 LPIA | 0.2452 LPIA | 0.3856 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4362 LPIA | 0.4155 LPIA | 0.4691 LPIA | 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 0.4691 LPIA 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 0.4691 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2019 LPIA in 2005.
- How does Colombia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Colombia ranks 73rd out of 105 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 51.5%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release