Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent was 1.36 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Panama, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Panama recorded 1.36 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in 2024. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Panama peaked at 1.36 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.14 GPIA, in 2003.
Panama ranks 5th of 108 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.21 GPIA | 1.21 GPIA | 1.21 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.19 GPIA | 1.14 GPIA | 1.24 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.27 GPIA | 1.26 GPIA | 1.28 GPIA | 2 |
| 2020s | 1.33 GPIA | 1.32 GPIA | 1.36 GPIA | 3 |
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More education data for Panama
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 96.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0047 units per person (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Panama?
- Educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Panama was 1.36 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 1.36 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.14 GPIA in 2003.
- How does Panama rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Panama ranks 5th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. 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 rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release