Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural both in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural both was 28.9% 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 28.9% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 48.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama peaked at 28.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.1%, in 1980.
Panama ranks 69th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural both in Panama, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 5.1% | — |
| 1997 | 14.3% | +178.7% |
| 2000 | 12.6% | -11.9% |
| 2001 | 12.4% | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 13.7% | +10.5% |
| 2003 | 14.2% | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 15.1% | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 16.0% | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 17.0% | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 17.3% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 18.1% | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 18.0% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 18.3% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 18.6% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 19.2% | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 18.7% | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 19.5% | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 20.4% | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 21.2% | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 21.6% | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 22.1% | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 28.4% | +28.5% |
| 2021 | 26.6% | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 27.0% | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 27.8% | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 28.9% | +4.0% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 28.9% is below the median for high income countries, which is 73.5%, 39% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Panama's 28.9% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 27.9%, 1.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural both 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +178.7% | 5.1% | 14.3% |
| 2019 | +28.5% | 22.1% | 28.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.1% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 1 |
| 1990s | 14.3% | 14.3% | 14.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 15.4% | 12.4% | 18.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.8% | 18.3% | 28.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.6% | 26.6% | 28.9% | 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 28.9% 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 28.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.1% in 1980.
- How does Panama rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Panama ranks 69th out of 113 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 48.3%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release