Over-age students, primary in Colombia
Colombia: Over-age students, primary was 15.2% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Colombia, 1982–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 15.2% for over-age students, primary in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 31.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Colombia peaked at 35.8% in 1986 and was at its lowest, 15.2%, in 2018.
Colombia ranks 36th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 35.5% | — |
| 1984 | 35.8% | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 35.8% | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 35.8% | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 35.8% | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 35.8% | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 35.8% | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 33.4% | -6.7% |
| 1992 | 27.1% | -18.9% |
| 1993 | 27.1% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 27.4% | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 23.2% | -15.3% |
| 1996 | 22.9% | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 21.6% | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 19.4% | -10.2% |
| 2000 | 18.9% | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 18.3% | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 18.3% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 18.9% | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 18.9% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 20.1% | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 21.0% | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 22.1% | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 22.5% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 20.6% | -8.4% |
| 2011 | 19.0% | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 18.7% | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 18.8% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 17.0% | -9.8% |
| 2015 | 16.3% | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 16.4% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 15.3% | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 15.2% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 35.7% | 35.5% | 35.8% | 7 |
| 1990s | 25.3% | 19.4% | 33.4% | 8 |
| 2000s | 19.9% | 18.3% | 22.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 17.5% | 15.2% | 20.6% | 9 |
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More education data for Colombia
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Colombia?
- Over-age students, primary in Colombia was 15.2% in 2018, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 35.8% in 1986.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.2% in 2018.
- How does Colombia rank for over-age students, primary?
- Colombia ranks 36th out of 191 countries with data for 2018.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.