Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 28.9% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama, 1980β2024
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.
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
- 66 Colombia 30.9% compare
- 67 Dominican Republic 30.3% compare
- 68 Viet Nam 29.0% compare
- 70 Costa Rica 28.3% compare
- 71 Paraguay 27.4% compare
- 72 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 27.4% 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 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