Colombia's adult literacy rose from 91.1 % in 1993 to 95.3 % in 2024.
Colombia's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 124.3 % in 2000 to 104.8 % in 2022.
Colombia · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 16 with data
Colombia's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 95.5 % in 1993 to 99.0 % in 2024.
Colombia's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 76.4 % in 2000 to 101.6 % in 2022.
Colombia's tertiary enrolment rose from 25.5 % in 2000 to 59.3 % in 2022.
Colombia's children out of school, primary rose from 0 in 2000 to 289,295 in 2022.
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- Primary completion ratedown −2.1 pts67th of 134*
- Tertiary attainmentdown −1.1 pts35th of 45
- Tertiary educational attainment (ages 25–34)down −1.1 pts37th of 45
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)down −1.9 pts35th of 40
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs80th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.4 yrs63rd of 145
- Learning povertyup +5.4 pts13th of 41*
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- Education spendingup +0.8 pts57th of 170*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +0.7 pts60th of 114*
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −1.3 %52nd of 90