Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Colombia

Share of children out of school in Colombia in 2022 — 7.32%. Ranked 102 in the world out of 145. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 7.32 pp.

2022 7.32% +0.34 pp vs 2021
World rank 102of 145
Period maximum 7.32%2022
Period minimum 0%2000

Trend over time

2000–2022 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Colombia, 2000–202202468200020032006200920122015201820212000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2004: 0.42%2005: 0.33%2006: 0.17%2007: 0.09%2008: 0.2%2009: 0.23%2010: 0.27%2011: 0.11%2012: 1.71%2015: 3.4%2016: 5.22%2017: 4.07%2018: 4.7%2019: 5.02%2020: 6.11%2021: 6.99%2022: 7.32%
Change over the period: +7.32 pp Annual average: 0.33 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Colombia

Colombia 7.32%
World computed 7.01%
South America computed 3.35%
Share of children out of school — Colombia, by year Colombia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 7.32 +0.34 pp
2021 6.99 +0.88 pp
2020 6.11 +1.09 pp
2019 5.02 +0.33 pp
2018 4.7 +0.62 pp
2017 4.07 −1.15 pp
2016 5.22 +1.83 pp
2015 3.4
2012 1.71 +1.6 pp
2011 0.11 −0.16 pp
2010 0.27 +0.04 pp
2009 0.23 +0.03 pp
2008 0.2 +0.12 pp
2007 0.09 −0.09 pp
2006 0.17 −0.15 pp
2005 0.33 −0.09 pp
2004 0.42
2002 0 +0 pp
2001 0 +0 pp
2000 0

About the indicator

The share of children of primary school age not attending school. Unlike the absolute count, the indicator speaks to the state of the education system in a country, and it shows that the task does not reduce to poverty: at comparable income the shares differ severalfold, and the highest values come from countries where schooling is obstructed by conflict or by a nomadic way of life.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the number of children aged 0–14: total population is the wrong weight here — the share of children differs fourfold across countries.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.