Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 1.27 NPIA in 2024. βΌ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama, 1997β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in NPIA.
Analysis
Panama recorded 1.27 NPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama peaked at 1.34 NPIA in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1.24 NPIA, in 2023.
Panama ranks 3rd of 37 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.34 NPIA | 1.34 NPIA | 1.34 NPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.3 NPIA | 1.29 NPIA | 1.31 NPIA | 2 |
| 2020s | 1.26 NPIA | 1.24 NPIA | 1.27 NPIA | 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)
- 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 1.27 NPIA 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 1.34 NPIA in 1997.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.24 NPIA in 2023.
- How does Panama rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Panama ranks 3rd out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- 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, adjusted native parity index (NPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release