Bolivia vs Panama: Share of the population with tertiary education
Bolivia
29.2%
in 2020
Panama
27.7%
in 2020
Bolivia rank
28th
Panama rank
29th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Bolivia
- Panama
How they compare
Bolivia currently reports 29.2% against 27.7% in Panama, a difference of 1.5%.
That makes Bolivia's figure about 1.1 times Panama's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Panama ahead.
Bolivia ranks 28th and Panama ranks 29th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Bolivia averaged higher in 5 and Panama in 10.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bolivia | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Bolivia |
| 1890s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Bolivia |
| 1900s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Panama |
| 1910s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Panama |
| 1920s | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | Panama |
| 1930s | 0.8% | 1.3% | 0.5% | Panama |
| 1940s | 1.4% | 1.6% | 0.2% | Panama |
| 1950s | 2.2% | 1.9% | 0.4% | Bolivia |
| 1960s | 3.2% | 3.0% | 0.2% | Bolivia |
| 1970s | 5.0% | 5.2% | 0.2% | Panama |
| 1980s | 8.1% | 10.3% | 2.2% | Panama |
| 1990s | 12.2% | 16.5% | 4.4% | Panama |
| 2000s | 16.9% | 23.0% | 6.1% | Panama |
| 2010s | 25.6% | 26.3% | 0.7% | Panama |
| 2020s | 29.2% | 27.7% | 1.5% | Bolivia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Bolivia or Panama?
- Bolivia, at 29.2% against 27.7% in Panama as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Bolivia and Panama?
- 1.5%, with Bolivia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Panama?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Bolivia and Panama rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Bolivia ranks 28th and Panama ranks 29th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.