Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9849 GPIA in 2024. ▬ Flat
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama, 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Panama recorded 0.9849 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama peaked at 1 GPIA in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.9623 GPIA, in 1980.
That places Panama 56th out of 104 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.9623 GPIA | — |
| 1997 | 0.9779 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 0.9832 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.98 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.9878 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.9912 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.989 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9803 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9824 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9825 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9827 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9817 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9893 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.9957 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 1 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9935 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9957 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9989 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9936 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9957 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9925 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9903 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9884 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9883 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9926 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9849 GPIA | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.9623 GPIA | 0.9623 GPIA | 0.9623 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.9779 GPIA | 0.9779 GPIA | 0.9779 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9841 GPIA | 0.98 GPIA | 0.9912 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9947 GPIA | 0.9893 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9886 GPIA | 0.9849 GPIA | 0.9926 GPIA | 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 primary education or higher in Panama?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama was 0.9849 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2012.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9623 GPIA in 1980.
- How does Panama rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Panama ranks 56th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release