Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 65.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Panama, 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Panama is 65.7%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.6% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Panama peaked at 70.2% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 31.6%, in 1980.
Panama ranks 71st of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Panama, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 31.6% | — |
| 1990 | 45.1% | +42.8% |
| 1997 | 54.0% | +19.7% |
| 2000 | 49.2% | -9.0% |
| 2001 | 49.8% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 52.2% | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 53.1% | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 53.7% | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 54.0% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 54.4% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 56.0% | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 57.3% | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 57.6% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 62.9% | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 59.3% | -5.7% |
| 2013 | 61.3% | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 62.3% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 63.4% | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 63.6% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 63.9% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 64.0% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 70.2% | +9.6% |
| 2021 | 67.6% | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 67.2% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 69.6% | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 65.7% | -5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 31.6% | 31.6% | 31.6% | 1 |
| 1990s | 49.5% | 45.1% | 54.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 53.7% | 49.2% | 57.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.4% | 59.3% | 70.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 67.5% | 65.7% | 69.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Panama
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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.94 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 96.9% (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 65.7% 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 70.2% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.6% in 1980.
- How does Panama rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Panama ranks 71st out of 131 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 5.5%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release