Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA 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.
Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA in Panama, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.3975 LPIA | — |
| 1997 | 0.6044 LPIA | +52.1% |
| 2000 | 0.6173 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 0.6484 LPIA | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 0.7106 LPIA | +9.6% |
| 2007 | 0.7026 LPIA | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.6903 LPIA | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.6924 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.6894 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.6753 LPIA | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 0.6921 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 0.6986 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.6952 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.7168 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 0.7177 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.7317 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 0.7543 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 0.7684 LPIA | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 0.782 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.9529 LPIA | +21.8% |
| 2023 | 0.7822 LPIA | -17.9% |
| 2024 | 0.8201 LPIA | +4.9% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 0.8201 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9988 LPIA, 82% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Panama's 0.8201 LPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7729 LPIA, 1.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … female 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 | +52.1% | 0.3975 LPIA | 0.6044 LPIA |
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
- 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 0.8201 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