The statistic depicts the literacy rate in Colombia from 2008 to 2020. The literacy rate measures the percentage of people aged 15 and above who can read and write. In 2020, Colombia's literacy rate was around 95.64 percent.

Historical dataset showing Colombia literacy rate by year from 1993 to 2020.

The literacy rate of people ages 15 years and over in Colombia was estimated at approximately 96 percent in 2020. Between 1993 and 2020, the rate rose by around five percentage points, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend.

Colombia CO: Literacy Rate: Adult Female: % of Females Aged 15 and Above data was reported at 96.000 % in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 95.000 % for 2019. Colombia CO: Literacy Rate: Adult Female: % of Females Aged 15 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 93.000 % from Dec 1993 (Median) to 2020, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 96.000 % in 2020 and a record low of 91.000 % in 1996. Colombia CO: Literacy Rate: Adult Female: % of Females Aged 15 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Colombia – Table CO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Education Statistics. Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.;UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed April 5, 2025. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds.;Weighted average;

During a 2020 study in Colombia, *** percent of female respondents said they lacked the money for reading books. Among responding men, the share stood at *** percent.

During a 2020 study in Colombia, **** percent of respondents aged 65 years and above said they had read books every day throughout the 12 months prior to the survey. In the ***** age group, the share stood at ** percent.

非文盲率：成人：占15岁及以上人群百分比在12-01-2020达95.636%，相较于12-01-2019的95.249%有所增长。非文盲率：成人：占15岁及以上人群百分比数据按年更新，12-01-1993至12-01-2020期间平均值为93.375%，共16份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2020，达95.636%，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-1993，为91.063%。CEIC提供的非文盲率：成人：占15岁及以上人群百分比数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于全球数据库的哥伦比亚 – Table CO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Education Statistics。

During a 2020 study conducted in Colombia, **** percent of respondents said they had read throughout the 12 months preceding the survey.

During a 2020 survey fielded in Colombia, all respondents from 12 to 25 years old stated to have read, collectively, over ** thousand books in printed format, while they said to have read *** thousand books in digital or electronic formats.

During a 2020 study fielded in Colombia, ** percent of respondents aged between 12 and 25 years old said they had read news magazines during the 12 months preceding the survey. Among subjects from the 41-64 age group, the share stood at **** percent.

During a 2020 study fielded in Colombia, **** percent of respondents said they had read books every day throughout the 12 months prior to the survey. Almost ** percent of the interviewees stated that they read books several times a week during that period.

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As of September 2020, almost ** percent of women interviewed in Colombia stated that they had read books during the 12 months prior to the survey. Among male respondents, the share stood just above ** percent. Similarly, magazines were more popular among women in Colombia.

In the third quarter of 2024, an internet user in Colombia spent, on average, ** minutes (or *** hour and ** minutes) per day reading online or print press media. That is 4.5 percent more than a year earlier when the average amounted to ** minutes.

During a 2020 study in Colombia, **** percent of male respondents stated that they had read newspapers during the month preceding the survey. Among women, the share of readers stood below ** percent. Overall, **** percent of subjects who did not read newspapers in Colombia said they lacked the time for it.

During a 2020 study conducted in Colombia, the average number of books read by male respondents during the 12 months prior to the survey amounted to ***. Among responding women, the average stood at ***.

During a 2020 study fielded in Colombia, nearly ** percent of responding newspaper readers aged 65 and older said they consumed that medium every day. Among readers from the 12-25 age group, that share stood below ** percent. Overall, less than ** percent of younger Colombians said they read newspapers.

During a 2020 survey in Colombia, **** percent of respondents said they did not read newspapers because they did not like or were not interested in that medium. Approximately **** percent of subjects stated that they had other preferences. Among respondents who said they read newspapers in Colombia, most accessed them online for free.

During a 2020 study conducted in Colombia, 37.2 percent of respondents in the Central region of that country said they had read magazines throughout the 12 months preceding the survey. In the Caribbean region in Colombia, the share stood below 25 percent.

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