Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population was 0.9724 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population in Panama, 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Panama recorded 0.9724 GPIA for educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Panama peaked at 0.9835 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.9224 GPIA, in 1980.
That places Panama 57th out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population in Panama, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.9224 GPIA | — |
| 1997 | 0.9266 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.9375 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9292 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.9493 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9417 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.9714 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9835 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.966 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 0.9724 GPIA | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.9224 GPIA | 0.9224 GPIA | 0.9224 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.9266 GPIA | 0.9266 GPIA | 0.9266 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9387 GPIA | 0.9292 GPIA | 0.9493 GPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.9565 GPIA | 0.9417 GPIA | 0.9714 GPIA | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.9739 GPIA | 0.966 GPIA | 0.9835 GPIA | 3 |
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More education data for Panama
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 19,072 (2017)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Panama?
- Educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Panama was 0.9724 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9835 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9224 GPIA in 1980.
- How does Panama rank for educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population?
- Panama ranks 57th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release