Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — Value — Male — All in Colombia
Colombia: Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — Value — Male — All was 87.8 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — Value — Male — All in Colombia, 2005–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 87.8 % for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — value — male — all in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — value — male — all in Colombia peaked at 89.28 % in 2020 and was at its lowest, 83.82 %, in 2007.
That places Colombia 22nd out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — Value — Male — All in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 84.28 % | — |
| 2006 | 83.96 % | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 83.82 % | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 84.72 % | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 84.78 % | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 85.47 % | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 85.66 % | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 86.34 % | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 86.32 % | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 87.21 % | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 87.86 % | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 88.44 % | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 89.28 % | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 87.8 % | -1.7% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 87.8 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 92.94 %, 94% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 87.8 % is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 89.01 %, 99% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 84.31 % | 83.82 % | 84.78 % | 5 |
| 2010s | 86.76 % | 85.47 % | 88.44 % | 7 |
| 2020s | 88.54 % | 87.8 % | 89.28 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More economy & growth data for Colombia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.41 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 4.82 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0105 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 90.31 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 11.57 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -15.44 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0253 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 216.58 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 6.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — value — male — all in Colombia?
- Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — value — male — all in Colombia was 87.8 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — value — male — all recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 89.28 % in 2020.
- What is the lowest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — value — male — all recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.82 % in 2007.
- How does Colombia rank for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — value — male — all?
- Colombia ranks 22nd out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — value — male — all rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — Rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.