Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9814 GPIA in 2023. β¬ Flat
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama, 1980β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Panama recorded 0.9814 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama peaked at 0.9988 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.9103 GPIA, in 1980.
Panama ranks 53rd of 100 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.9103 GPIA | 0.9103 GPIA | 0.9103 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.9575 GPIA | 0.9575 GPIA | 0.9575 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9669 GPIA | 0.943 GPIA | 0.9899 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9626 GPIA | 0.9354 GPIA | 0.9988 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9813 GPIA | 0.9786 GPIA | 0.9838 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 primary education or higher in Panama?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama was 0.9814 GPIA in 2023, 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 0.9988 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9103 GPIA in 1980.
- How does Panama rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Panama ranks 53rd out of 100 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release