What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Colombia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?

3.50 million number, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?

14 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Colombia vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary

Colombia

276,937 number

in 2018

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

3.78 million number

in 2019

Colombia rank

28th

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank

31st

Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary over time

Colombia
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 3.78 million number against 276,937 number in Colombia, a difference of 3.50 million number.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 13.6 times Colombia's.

Across all 14 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Colombia ranks 28th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 31st of 149 countries.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Colombia	Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)	Difference	Ahead
2000s	308,639 number	3.78 million number	3.47 million number	Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s	356,331 number	3.90 million number	3.54 million number	Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary, Colombia or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 3.78 million number against 276,937 number in Colombia as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Colombia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?: 3.50 million number, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?: 14 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2018.
How do Colombia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary?: Colombia ranks 28th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 31st of 149 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 4,726 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Number of children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age who are not enrolled or attending school during in a given academic year. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/