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Colombia: Expenditure on primary education

32.71percent · 2018-12.3% since 2008

Expenditure on primary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments. Annual figures for Colombia from 1979 to 2018.

19792018

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201832.71
201735.007
201635.981
201536.724
201435.6
201334.42
201234.964
201135.577
201035.922
200938.407
200837.303
200736.628
200547.437
200448.325
200144.572
200044.557
199945.162
199844.938
198934.661
198539.746
198440.691
198145.56
198045.032
197944.79

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Expenditure on primary education. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-expenditure-on-primary-education (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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