Qualified primary teachers in Colombia

In Colombia, 97.6% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2022.

Measure: Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education Unit: % of primary teachers Data: 2007 to 2022 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Colombia is for 2022. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Colombia, 2022 97.6% % of primary teachers
Change from 2021 −0.4percentage points 2021: 98.0%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2022 100.0% Middle value of 6 countries

Qualified primary teachers in Colombia over time

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% of primary teachers. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education (% of primary teachers), 2007 to 2022
Period Colombia
2022 97.6%
2021 98.0%
2020 98.7%
2019 97.5%
2017 94.7%
2016 94.9%
2015 94.0%
2014 98.2%
2013 97.3%
2012 100.0%
2011 100.0%
2010 100.0%
2009 100.0%
2008 100.0%
2007 100.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 98.0% in 2021.
  • Since 2011, when it was 100.0%, the figure has changed by −2.4 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
TRTP.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2007 to 2022 for Colombia
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org