Share of the population with a completed post secondary education in Colombia
Colombia: Share of the population with a completed post secondary education was 27.23 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
27.23
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
57th
of 110 countries
All-time high
27.23
in 2024
All-time low
21.63
in 2019
Years of data
5
2019–2024
Share of the population with a completed post secondary education in Colombia, 2019–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 27.23 for share of the population with a completed post secondary education in 2024. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 25.9% over ten years.
Colombia ranks 57th of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Share of the population with a completed post secondary education in Colombia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 21.63 | — |
| 2020 | 22.54 | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 26.52 | +17.7% |
| 2023 | 27.01 | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 27.23 | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 21.63 | 21.63 | 21.63 | 1 |
| 2020s | 25.82 | 22.54 | 27.23 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
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 share of the population with a completed post secondary education in Colombia?
- Share of the population with a completed post secondary education in Colombia was 27.23 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the population with a completed post secondary education recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 27.23 in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the population with a completed post secondary education recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.63 in 2019.
- How does Colombia rank for share of the population with a completed post secondary education?
- Colombia ranks 57th out of 110 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population with a completed post secondary education rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the population with a completed post secondary education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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