Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.7939 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama, 1980–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Panama recorded 0.7939 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.7% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama peaked at 0.9197 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.4202 LPIA, in 1980.
Panama ranks 72nd of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4202 LPIA | 0.4202 LPIA | 0.4202 LPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.6173 LPIA | 0.6173 LPIA | 0.6173 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6922 LPIA | 0.6354 LPIA | 0.731 LPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.7374 LPIA | 0.715 LPIA | 0.7645 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8345 LPIA | 0.7899 LPIA | 0.9197 LPIA | 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)
- 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 0.7939 LPIA 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 0.9197 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4202 LPIA in 1980.
- How does Panama rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Panama ranks 72nd out of 99 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 10.4%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release