Educational Coverage Rates for Municipalities in Risaralda Department, Colombia

Tasa de cobertura educativa en el Departamento de Risaralda relates the number of enrolled students of the theoretical age for an educational level to the total projected population of that same age. The dataset includes columns for Ano (Year), Municipio (Municipality), Codigo_Municipio (Municipality Code), Tasa (Rate), and Variable. It is hosted by www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in educational coverage by plotting Tasa against Ano for specific Municipio entries.
• Compare enrollment rates between different Municipio entities using the Tasa and Municipio columns.
• Map educational coverage by joining municipal geometries using the Codigo_Municipio identifier.
• Assess the relationship between different educational levels or age groups by filtering on the Variable column.

Strengths

• Data is structured with clear identifiers for municipality (Municipio) and year (Ano).
• Provides a specific, calculated metric (Tasa) for educational coverage analysis.
• Includes a machine-readable municipality code (Codigo_Municipio) for potential data joins.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and calculation methodology for Tasa requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Time Range

Implied by the Ano (Year) column, but specific range is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:48:59; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Municipalities within the Risaralda Department, Colombia.