Lower secondary completion in Colombia
In Colombia, 85.4% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Colombia, 2024
85.4%
Change from 2023
+3.6percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2019
98.5%
Lower secondary completion 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 young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Colombia |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 85.4% |
| 2023 | 81.8% |
| 2022 | 79.5% |
| 2021 | 80.5% |
| 2020 | 78.7% |
| 2019 | 78.7% |
| 2018 | 77.7% |
| 2017 | 76.8% |
| 2016 | 77.5% |
| 2015 | 77.8% |
| 2014 | 75.3% |
| 2013 | 74.9% |
| 2012 | 73.8% |
| 2011 | 73.7% |
| 2010 | 72.6% |
| 2009 | 69.5% |
| 2008 | 70.7% |
| 2005 | 62.4% |
| 2004 | 64.2% |
| 2003 | 61.8% |
| 2002 | 60.0% |
| 2000 | 57.5% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +3.6 percentage points from 81.8% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 75.3%, the figure has changed by +10.1 percentage points.
More for Colombia
All statistics for Colombia
Primary completion (UIS)
97.2%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
80.3%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
23.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Out-of-school children
7.3%nat_est (National estimate)
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
4.4%nat_est (National estimate)
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school youth
13.1%nat_est (National estimate)
2022 · UNESCO UIS