Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper male in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper male was 47.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama, 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Panama recorded 47.5% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.3% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama peaked at 51.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 19.6%, in 1980.
That places Panama 84th out of 140 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper male in Panama, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 19.6% | — |
| 1990 | 29.4% | +50.1% |
| 1997 | 36.7% | +25.1% |
| 2000 | 31.6% | -14.1% |
| 2001 | 31.7% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 32.8% | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 33.4% | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 34.6% | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 35.5% | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 36.1% | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 36.8% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 38.4% | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 39.3% | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 40.1% | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 40.5% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 42.7% | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 42.4% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 43.5% | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 44.3% | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 45.6% | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 44.7% | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 44.2% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 51.6% | +16.8% |
| 2021 | 49.2% | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 48.9% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 49.6% | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 47.5% | -4.3% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 47.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 79.7%, 60% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Panama's 47.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 46.9%, 1.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper male 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +50.1% | 19.6% | 29.4% |
| 1997 | +25.1% | 29.4% | 36.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 19.6% | 19.6% | 19.6% | 1 |
| 1990s | 33.0% | 29.4% | 36.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 35.0% | 31.6% | 39.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.0% | 40.1% | 51.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 48.8% | 47.5% | 49.6% | 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 upper secondary education or in Panama?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama was 47.5% in 2024, 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 51.6% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.6% in 1980.
- How does Panama rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Panama ranks 84th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release