Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Colombia
Colombia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 58.8% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Colombia, 1993β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Colombia stood at 58.8%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Colombia peaked at 58.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 27.7%, in 1993.
That places Colombia 67th out of 142 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27.7% | 27.7% | 27.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 34.8% | 32.3% | 38.1% | 8 |
| 2010s | 45.0% | 39.1% | 51.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.8% | 53.2% | 58.8% | 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)
- 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 upper secondary education or in Colombia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Colombia was 58.8% 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 58.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.7% in 1993.
- How does Colombia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Colombia ranks 67th out of 142 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 31.9%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release