Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Panama
Panama: Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index was 0.9162 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Panama, 1980–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Panama recorded 0.9162 LPIA for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Panama peaked at 0.9291 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.77 LPIA, in 1980.
Panama ranks 27th 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.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Panama, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.77 LPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.84 LPIA | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 0.88 LPIA | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 0.8888 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.885 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.8991 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9038 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.91 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.92 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9253 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9291 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9162 LPIA | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.77 LPIA | 0.77 LPIA | 0.77 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.84 LPIA | 0.84 LPIA | 0.84 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.8981 LPIA | 0.88 LPIA | 0.92 LPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.9235 LPIA | 0.9162 LPIA | 0.9291 LPIA | 3 |
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More education data for Panama
- 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)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 75,616 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -5.35 % change on previous year (2023)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Panama?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Panama was 0.9162 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9291 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.77 LPIA in 1980.
- How does Panama rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index?
- Panama ranks 27th out of 53 countries with data for 2023.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. 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 Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release