Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 24.6% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama, 1980β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Panama recorded 24.6% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and up 44.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Panama peaked at 25.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 5.3%, in 1980.
Panama ranks 81st of 111 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.3% | 5.3% | 5.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 13.3% | 13.3% | 13.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 14.0% | 10.7% | 16.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.9% | 16.7% | 25.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.8% | 24.5% | 25.4% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Panama
- 78 Iran 25.3% compare
- 79 Namibia 24.7% compare
- 80 Dominican Republic 24.6% compare
- 82 Philippines 23.8% compare
- 83 Pakistan 22.8% compare
- 84 El Salvador 18.4% 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 24.6% in 2023, 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 25.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.3% in 1980.
- How does Panama rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Panama ranks 81st out of 111 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.7%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release