Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.4712 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama, 1980–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama is 0.4712 LPIA, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 34.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama peaked at 0.4719 LPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1606 LPIA, in 1980.
Panama ranks 72nd of 103 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.1606 LPIA | 0.1606 LPIA | 0.1606 LPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.2726 LPIA | 0.2726 LPIA | 0.2726 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.3512 LPIA | 0.299 LPIA | 0.3769 LPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.3861 LPIA | 0.3511 LPIA | 0.4719 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4691 LPIA | 0.467 LPIA | 0.4712 LPIA | 2 |
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 upper secondary education or in Panama?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama was 0.4712 LPIA 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 0.4719 LPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1606 LPIA in 1980.
- How does Panama rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Panama ranks 72nd out of 103 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 34.2%. 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, 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