Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 77.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama, 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Panama recorded 77.4% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama peaked at 77.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30.9%, in 1980.
Panama ranks 63rd of 101 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 30.9% | 30.9% | 30.9% | 1 |
| 1990s | 53.9% | 53.9% | 53.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 61.4% | 55.0% | 65.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 67.1% | 64.1% | 71.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.8% | 73.4% | 77.4% | 4 |
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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 77.4% 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 77.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.9% in 1980.
- How does Panama rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Panama ranks 63rd out of 101 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 16.9%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release