Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Colombia
Gross tertiary enrolment in Colombia was 59.3% in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Colombia, 2022
59.3%
Change from 2021
+1.0percentage points
World, 2022
42.0%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2022
78.2%
Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Colombia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Colombia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 43.6% |
| 2023 | – | 43.2% |
| 2022 | 59.3% | 42.0% |
| 2021 | 58.3% | 41.1% |
| 2020 | 55.7% | 39.7% |
| 2019 | 56.7% | 38.7% |
| 2018 | 57.3% | 37.9% |
| 2017 | 58.4% | 37.5% |
| 2016 | 57.1% | 37.1% |
| 2015 | 54.8% | 36.6% |
| 2014 | 53.2% | 35.6% |
| 2013 | 50.7% | 33.1% |
| 2012 | 47.5% | 32.3% |
| 2011 | 45.3% | 31.1% |
| 2010 | 41.5% | 29.6% |
| 2009 | 39.5% | 28.3% |
| 2008 | 37.9% | 27.4% |
| 2007 | 35.5% | 26.3% |
| 2006 | 34.4% | 25.7% |
| 2005 | 32.3% | 24.3% |
| 2004 | 29.5% | 23.6% |
| 2003 | – | 22.8% |
| 2002 | 26.5% | 21.6% |
| 2001 | 26.4% | 20.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from 58.3% in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 47.5%, the figure has changed by +11.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 42.0%.
More for Colombia
All statistics for Colombia
Primary school enrolment (gross)
104.8%
2022 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
23.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
97.2%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
85.4%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
80.3%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
7.3%nat_est (National estimate)
2022 · UNESCO UIS