Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity in Panama
Panama: Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity was 0.7884 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity in Panama, 1980–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Panama recorded 0.7884 LPIA for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity in 2023. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.3% on the previous year and up 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity in Panama peaked at 0.7884 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.58 LPIA, in 1980.
Panama ranks 24th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity in Panama, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.58 LPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.63 LPIA | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 0.69 LPIA | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 0.6919 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.7095 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.7361 LPIA | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 0.7323 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.73 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.76 LPIA | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 0.7482 LPIA | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 0.7487 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.7884 LPIA | +5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.58 LPIA | 0.58 LPIA | 0.58 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.63 LPIA | 0.63 LPIA | 0.63 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.7214 LPIA | 0.69 LPIA | 0.76 LPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.7618 LPIA | 0.7482 LPIA | 0.7884 LPIA | 3 |
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More education data for Panama
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 154,102 (2017)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -5.29 % change on previous year (2017)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 93,909 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 6.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 191,589 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -6.27 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 14,629 (2017)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 4,443 (2017)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 115,973 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -6.86 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity in Panama?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity in Panama was 0.7884 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7884 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.58 LPIA in 1980.
- How does Panama rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity?
- Panama ranks 24th out of 53 countries with data for 2023.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. 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 Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release