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Colombia: Expenditure on tertiary education

23.31percent · 2018+5.8% since 2008

Expenditure on tertiary 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
201823.315
201722.492
201622.977
201521.382
201420.755
201317.726
201221.973
201120.605
201022.105
200919.594
200822.046
200513.814
200413.308
200119.875
200019.878
199919.07
199819.591
198918.792
198522.49
198420.623
198122.799
198025.526
197923.356

Source

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

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