Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Colombia

Children out of school in Colombia in 2022 — 289,295 people. Ranked 126 in the world out of 146.

2022 289,295 people +5.22% vs 2021
World rank 126of 146
Period maximum 289,295 people2022
Period minimum 0 people2000

Trend over time

2000–2022 · people

Children out of school — Colombia, 2000–20220100,000200,000300,000200020032006200920122015201820212000: 0 people2001: 0 people2002: 0 people2004: 17,770 people2005: 13,941 people2006: 7,351 people2007: 3,588 people2008: 8,397 people2009: 9,434 people2010: 11,031 people2011: 4,332 people2012: 68,249 people2015: 131,741 people2016: 201,303 people2017: 156,491 people2018: 180,919 people2019: 195,829 people2020: 239,318 people2021: 274,954 people2022: 289,295 people
Change over the period: +289,295

Comparison, 2022

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

Colombia 289,295 people
World computed 34.79M people
South America computed 1.04M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 2.98M people
Children out of school — Colombia, by year Colombia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2022 289,295 +14,341 +5.22%
2021 274,954 +35,636 +14.89%
2020 239,318 +43,489 +22.21%
2019 195,829 +14,910 +8.24%
2018 180,919 +24,428 +15.61%
2017 156,491 −44,812 −22.26%
2016 201,303 +69,562 +52.8%
2015 131,741
2012 68,249 +63,917 +1,475.46%
2011 4,332 −6,699 −60.73%
2010 11,031 +1,597 +16.93%
2009 9,434 +1,037 +12.35%
2008 8,397 +4,809 +134.03%
2007 3,588 −3,763 −51.19%
2006 7,351 −6,590 −47.27%
2005 13,941 −3,829 −21.55%
2004 17,770
2002 0 +0
2001 0 +0
2000 0

About the indicator

The number of children of primary school age who attend neither primary nor secondary school. The absolute count answers the question of the scale of the task rather than of the state of a country, and for that reason it diverges from the share: a large part of all out-of-school children in the world lives in a few big countries where the share is low, not in those where the share is high. Both numbers matter for planning, and together they produce different lists of priorities.

Important: Primary school age only. Adolescents who do not attend secondary school are not part of this series, although there are more of them.

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