Colombia's labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female working-age population with intermediate education) was 56.5% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 4.4 percentage points from 60.9% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 56.5% | 2025 |
| Ten years earlier | 60.9% | 2015 |
| Highest | 65.84% | 2003 |
| Lowest | 55.96% | 2022 |
| Average since 2016 | 57.47% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 64.72% | 2002 |
Since 2002 it is down 8.22 percentage points from 64.72% in 2002. The World Bank has no value for 2 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2025, Colombia's labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female working-age population with intermediate education) rose 0.33 percentage points on 2024 (from 56.16% to 56.5%).
Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2024), the average change was −0.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.43 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.78 percentage points in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.28 percentage points in 2004. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.44 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 84% of the movement over 9 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Colombia had the 9th highest value of the 17 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 56.5% | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 59.44% | 2024 |
Closest to Colombia in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
The ratio of the labor force with intermediate education to the working-age population with intermediate education. Intermediate education comprises upper secondary or post-secondary non tertiary education according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 22 values
| Year | Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female working-age population with intermediate education) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 56.5 |
| 2024 | 56.16 |
| 2023 | 56.31 |
| 2022 | 55.96 |
| 2021 | 56.54 |
| 2020 | no data |
| 2019 | 57.66 |
| 2018 | 58.55 |
| 2017 | 59.48 |
| 2016 | 60.07 |
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female working-age population with intermediate education) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 54.48% (2024)
- Bolivia — 70.82% (2024)
- Brazil — 63.94% (2025)
- Chile — 57% (2025)
- Costa Rica — 51.19% (2025)
- Dominican Republic — 60.29% (2025)
- Ecuador
More social protection & labor data for Colombia
- Net migration — 129,139 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 1,464 (2025)
- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate) — 8.43% (2025)
- Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate) — 10.66% (2025)
- Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (national estimate) — 6.78% (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin — 79,669 (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 52.31% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate)
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Questions people ask
- What is Colombia's labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female working-age population with intermediate education)?
- 56.5% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2002?
- It is down 8.22 percentage points from 64.72% in 2002. The highest value was 65.84% in 2003 and the lowest 55.96% in 2022.
- How does Colombia rank?
- 9th highest of 17 economies with data for 2025.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.TLF.INTM.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: March 30, 2026 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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