Student Enrollment in Risaralda Department, Colombia by Municipality and Year

Risaralda Department in Colombia provides data on the number of students enrolled in the official formal education system, independent of their age. The dataset includes columns for the enrollment value, municipality, variable type, and year. It was published on the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyzing enrollment trends over time using the Año (Year) and Valor (Value) columns.
• Comparing student enrollment figures across different Municipio (Municipality) units.
• Aggregating or disaggregating enrollment data based on the Variable column, which likely contains categories like education level.

Strengths

• Data is structured with clear columns for year, municipality, and value, facilitating time-series and geographic analysis.
• The dataset is hosted on a national open data portal (www.datos.gov.co), suggesting an official source.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality, such as completeness of municipalities or variable definitions, requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal).

Collection Method

Likely administrative records from the official formal education system.

Time Range

Specific years are indicated in the Año column, but the overall range is not specified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:08:17; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Municipalities within the Risaralda Department, Colombia.