Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 75.2% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama, 1980β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama is 75.2%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama peaked at 75.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 32.2%, in 1980.
Panama ranks 67th of 100 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 32.2% | 32.2% | 32.2% | 1 |
| 1990s | 55.0% | 55.0% | 55.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 62.4% | 56.2% | 67.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.3% | 65.5% | 71.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.6% | 74.0% | 75.2% | 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 75.2% 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 75.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.2% in 1980.
- How does Panama rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Panama ranks 67th 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 12.6%. 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, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release