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Education · Latin America & Caribbean · Upper-middle income

Colombia: education in numbers

Pre-primary enrolment is 85.9% (2020), 70th of 176 in the world and 13th of 33 in Latin America & Caribbean. Primary enrolment is 104.8% (2022), 52nd of 191 in the world and 11th of 39 in Latin America & Caribbean. Primary completion is 97.1% (2022), 66th of 168 in the world and 15th of 33 in Latin America & Caribbean.

Pre-primary enrolment85.9%2020 · world 70/176 · region 13/33Primary enrolment104.8%2022 · world 52/191 · region 11/39Primary completion97.1%2022 · world 66/168 · region 15/33Secondary enrolment101.6%2022 · world 54/176 · region 15/37
Primary enrolment
ColombiaLatin America & CaribbeanUpper-middle incomeWorld
90%100%110%120%130%199520002005201020152020Colombia104.8%Latin America & CaribbeanUpper-middle incomeWorld
Primary completion
ColombiaLatin America & CaribbeanUpper-middle incomeWorld
80%90%100%110%120%199520002005201020152020Colombia97.1%Latin America & CaribbeanUpper-middle incomeWorld
11 indicators

Education: Colombia in detail

Latest reported value, world rank and rank within Latin America & Caribbean; values around 2000, 2010, 2020; group and world columns are World Bank aggregates.

IndicatorLatestWorld rankIn region~2000~2010~202010-year changeRegionIncome groupWorldSince 2000
Pre-primary enrolmentPre-primary enrolment, % gross85.9%202070/17613/3338.5%1999·85.9%+47.4 ppsince 199975.6%77.9%60.9%
Primary enrolmentPrimary school enrolment, % gross104.8%202252/19111/39124.3%124.4%107.1%−13.8 ppsince 2012104.6%100.7%102.2%
Primary completionPrimary completion rate, % of age group97.1%202266/16815/33100.2%119.8%99.6%−16.4 ppsince 201296.5%95.2%88.0%
Secondary enrolmentSecondary school enrolment, % gross101.6%202254/17615/3776.4%100.0%101.5%+4.3 ppsince 201298.0%96.5%77.3%
Lower secondary completionLower secondary completion rate, % of age group83.0%2022107/16820/3262.9%200194.7%79.8%−6.2 ppsince 201281.5%93.0%77.9%
Tertiary enrolmentTertiary enrolment, % gross59.3%202264/17210/3125.5%41.5%55.7%+11.8 ppsince 201258.9%64.6%43.6%
Out-of-school childrenChildren out of school, % of primary school age7.3%202256/17815/350.0%0.3%6.1%+5.6 ppsince 2012—4.0%—
Adult literacyAdult literacy rate, % of people 15+95.3%202461/14112/26·93.4%95.6%+1.1 ppsince 201494.9%96.2%87.7%
Youth literacyYouth literacy rate, % of people 15–2499.0%202457/14815/3197.4%200298.1%99.0%+0.4 ppsince 201498.7%99.3%93.1%
Pupils per teacherPupils per teacher, primary23.3201865/1736/3026.528.123.32018−21%since 200821.318.423.4
Education spendingPublic spending on education, % of GDP5.3%202050/1849/383.5%4.8%5.3%+0.4 ppsince 20103.8%3.6%3.6%
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)“·” — no value reported within two years of that date. World rank counts countries with a recent value.

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Worse than ten years ago

Only indicators where higher or lower is clearly better are rated (for example, unemployment down is better, life expectancy up is better).

neighbours

Colombia and its neighbours

Countries sharing a land border with Colombia. Latest values since 2005; the highest in each row is marked.

IndicatorColombiaBrazilPeruVenezuelaEcuadorNicaragua
Pre-primary enrolment85.9%202085.9%202096.4%202169.5%201755.3%202169.0%2020
Primary enrolment104.8%2022104.3%2024112.8%2024113.7%202497.2%2023109.5%2023
Primary completion97.1%2022—95.0%2019103.0%2024100.2%202381.7%2022
Secondary enrolment101.6%2022104.1%2024108.3%202497.8%202492.8%202370.2%2023
Lower secondary completion83.0%2022—92.0%201983.2%202490.5%202364.7%2010
Tertiary enrolment59.3%202269.7%202471.2%201778.3%200967.9%202330.4%2023
Out-of-school children7.3%20222.2%20240.2%20190.6%20234.7%20236.7%2023
Adult literacy95.3%202494.7%202493.7%202497.2%201793.5%202487.3%2014
Youth literacy99.0%202499.5%202499.5%202498.7%201799.0%202495.3%2014
Brazil: educationPeru: educationVenezuela: educationEcuador: educationNicaragua: education
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