Educational attainment rate, completed … male primary location LPIA in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed … male primary location LPIA 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.
Educational attainment rate, completed … male primary location LPIA in Panama, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.4202 LPIA | — |
| 1997 | 0.6173 LPIA | +46.9% |
| 2000 | 0.6354 LPIA | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 0.6631 LPIA | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 0.7173 LPIA | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 0.731 LPIA | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 0.6946 LPIA | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 0.7115 LPIA | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 0.715 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.7215 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.7291 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.7191 LPIA | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.7264 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.737 LPIA | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.7462 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.753 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.7645 LPIA | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.7619 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.7899 LPIA | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 0.9197 LPIA | +16.4% |
| 2023 | 0.7939 LPIA | -13.7% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 0.7939 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9994 LPIA, 79% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Panama's 0.7939 LPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7905 LPIA, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … male primary location LPIA in Panama changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +46.9% | 0.4202 LPIA | 0.6173 LPIA |
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 |
Countries ranked near Panama
More education data for Panama
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 92.75 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 92.3 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 23,777 (2017)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 10,042 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 47,857 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 46,052 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 311,983 (2017)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 451,308 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.02 % change on previous year (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