Youth Population Characteristics in Colombia: Demographics and Education

JUVENTUD provides demographic, social, and educational data on the youth population aged 14 to 26 years. The dataset originates from the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18. It includes columns for DISCAPACIDAD, GENERO, ESCOLARIDAD, ETNIA, ZONA, AÑO, and EDAD.

Use Cases

• Analyze educational attainment (ESCOLARIDAD) across different age groups (EDAD) and genders (GENERO).
• Study the distribution of disability status (DISCAPACIDAD) across ethnic groups (ETNIA) and geographic zones (ZONA).
• Track demographic trends over time (AÑO) for youth aged 14-26 (EDAD) using the seven available columns.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific and policy-relevant age range of 14 to 26 years.
• Includes seven distinct columns for demographic and social analysis.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:18:21; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely Colombia, inferred from the source domain .gov.co.