Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 1.21 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama, 1980β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Panama recorded 1.21 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.2% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama peaked at 1.26 GPIA in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.9522 GPIA, in 1980.
That places Panama 5th out of 107 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.9522 GPIA | 0.9522 GPIA | 0.9522 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 1.14 GPIA | 1.14 GPIA | 1.14 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.18 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 1.26 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.17 GPIA | 1.15 GPIA | 1.21 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.16 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 1.21 GPIA | 3 |
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)
- 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 upper secondary education or in Panama?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama was 1.21 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 1.26 GPIA in 2002.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9522 GPIA in 1980.
- How does Panama rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Panama ranks 5th out of 107 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release