Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.8201 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama, 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama is 0.8201 LPIA, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.9% on the previous year and up 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama peaked at 0.9529 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3975 LPIA, in 1980.
That places Panama 66th out of 100 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3975 LPIA | 0.3975 LPIA | 0.3975 LPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.6044 LPIA | 0.6044 LPIA | 0.6044 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6769 LPIA | 0.6173 LPIA | 0.7106 LPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.7139 LPIA | 0.6753 LPIA | 0.7684 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8343 LPIA | 0.782 LPIA | 0.9529 LPIA | 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 0.8201 LPIA 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 0.9529 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3975 LPIA in 1980.
- How does Panama rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Panama ranks 66th out of 100 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 up 18.0%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release