Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 51.2% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama, 1980β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama stood at 51.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama peaked at 56.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 20.0%, in 1980.
That places Panama 76th out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 20.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 36.9% | 32.4% | 41.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 39.3% | 35.8% | 42.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.0% | 45.8% | 56.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.8% | 51.2% | 55.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Panama
- 73 Saint Lucia 54.7% compare
- 74 Peru 53.6% compare
- 75 Dominican Republic 52.9% compare
- 77 Macau (China) 50.9% compare
- 78 Egypt 50.8% compare
- 79 Bolivia 50.7% compare
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 51.2% 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 56.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.0% in 1980.
- How does Panama rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Panama ranks 76th out of 141 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 5.6%. 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 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release