NationMaster - Colombian Education statistics

Average years of schooling of adults	5.3	[63rd of 100]
Class size > Age 13	30.5 students	[3rd of 29]
Duration of compulsory education	8 years	[121st of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	5	[150th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6	[133rd of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	5.2%	[52nd of 132]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	56.5%	[83rd of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	48.9%	[37th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	51.5%	[25th of 170]
Grade 1 intake rate	58.7	[66th of 114]
Library books	429,238	[57th of 81]
Private school enrolment > Secondary level	32.4	[27th of 131]
School life expectancy > Total	10 years	[77th of 110]
Students from households with calculator > Age 13	87%	[24th of 28]
Students from households with computer > Age 13	11%	[27th of 28]
Students from households with more than 25 books > Age 13	41%	[28th of 28]
Students living with mother > Age 13	85%	[27th of 28]
Students whose father has secondary education	31%
Students whose mothers have secondary education > Age 13	30%
Tertiary enrollment	23.3%	[65th of 151]

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SOURCES: UNESCO; "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002; United Nations Human Development Programme; World Bank; UNESCO Institute for Statistics

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Colombia, Republic of Colombia, Republica de Colombia, columbia

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