Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 40.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Panama, 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Panama recorded 40.3% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.2% on the previous year and up 39.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Panama peaked at 40.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10.3%, in 1980.
Panama ranks 66th of 94 countries on this measure, 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 secondary education or in Panama, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 10.3% | — |
| 1997 | 23.7% | +130.0% |
| 2000 | 19.4% | -18.3% |
| 2001 | 19.3% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 20.9% | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 21.4% | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 23.4% | +9.3% |
| 2005 | 24.2% | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 25.9% | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 25.9% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 27.2% | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 27.0% | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 30.8% | +14.0% |
| 2011 | 27.1% | -12.0% |
| 2013 | 28.6% | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 28.9% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 29.2% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 31.0% | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 31.4% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 32.4% | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 40.0% | +23.4% |
| 2021 | 37.6% | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 38.3% | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 37.9% | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 40.3% | +6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10.3% | 10.3% | 10.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 23.7% | 23.7% | 23.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 23.5% | 19.3% | 27.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.0% | 27.1% | 40.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 38.5% | 37.6% | 40.3% | 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 40.3% 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 40.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.3% in 1980.
- How does Panama rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Panama ranks 66th 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 39.3%. 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 rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release