Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower rural female in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower rural female was 43.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Panama, 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Panama stood at 43.5%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Panama peaked at 43.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9.5%, in 1980.
That places Panama 58th out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower rural female in Panama, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 9.5% | — |
| 1997 | 24.5% | +159.0% |
| 2000 | 21.2% | -13.4% |
| 2001 | 21.8% | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 24.3% | +11.5% |
| 2003 | 25.2% | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 25.8% | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 27.0% | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 27.6% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 28.8% | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 29.5% | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 28.9% | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 32.4% | +12.2% |
| 2011 | 29.5% | -9.0% |
| 2013 | 30.1% | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 32.4% | +7.6% |
| 2015 | 32.3% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 33.8% | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 34.7% | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 35.0% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 43.1% | +23.1% |
| 2021 | 40.2% | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 39.8% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 43.3% | +8.8% |
| 2024 | 43.5% | +0.6% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 43.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 90.7%, 48% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Panama's 43.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 37.7%, 1.2× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower rural female in Panama changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +159.0% | 9.5% | 24.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9.5% | 9.5% | 9.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 24.5% | 24.5% | 24.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 26.0% | 21.2% | 29.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.7% | 29.5% | 43.1% | 9 |
| 2020s | 41.7% | 39.8% | 43.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Panama
More education data for Panama
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 92.75 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 92.3 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 23,777 (2017)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 10,042 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 47,857 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 46,052 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 311,983 (2017)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 451,308 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Panama?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Panama was 43.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 43.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.5% in 1980.
- How does Panama rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Panama ranks 58th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.4%. 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 lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release