Literacy rate in Colombia in 2024 — 95.34%. Ranked 11 in the world out of 29. Since 1993, the indicator has risen by 4.28 pp.
1993–2024 · % of population aged 15+
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Colombia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 95.34 | −0.12 pp |
| 2023 | 95.46 | +0.15 pp |
| 2022 | 95.31 | −0.35 pp |
| 2021 | 95.66 | +0.02 pp |
| 2020 | 95.64 | +0.39 pp |
| 2019 | 95.25 | +0.16 pp |
| 2018 | 95.09 | +0.2 pp |
| 2017 | 94.89 | +0.24 pp |
| 2016 | 94.65 | +0.4 pp |
| 2015 | 94.25 | +0.06 pp |
| 2014 | 94.19 | — |
| 2011 | 93.58 | +0.21 pp |
| 2010 | 93.37 | +0.13 pp |
| 2009 | 93.24 | −0.14 pp |
| 2008 | 93.38 | +0.73 pp |
| 2007 | 92.65 | +0.35 pp |
| 2006 | 92.3 | −0.55 pp |
| 2005 | 92.85 | +0.05 pp |
| 2004 | 92.8 | — |
| 1996 | 91.21 | — |
| 1993 | 91.06 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The share of the population aged 15 and older able to read and write a short simple statement about their everyday life. The UNESCO definition is deliberately minimal — it is the threshold of functional literacy, not an assessment of the quality of education. In most countries the data come from censuses and surveys, so they are updated irregularly.
Important: The series is incomplete: values are published only for the years in which a census or a literacy survey was conducted.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.
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