Lower secondary completion rate, female in Panama
Panama: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 80.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Panama, 2004–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Panama recorded 80.0% for lower secondary completion rate, female in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Panama peaked at 84.7% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 48.0%, in 2004.
That places Panama 126th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Panama, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 48.0% | — |
| 2005 | 50.3% | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 69.0% | +37.3% |
| 2007 | 69.7% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 70.0% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 73.1% | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 75.1% | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 76.8% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 80.1% | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 80.8% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 75.0% | -7.2% |
| 2020 | 73.4% | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 84.7% | +15.4% |
| 2022 | 82.3% | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 79.1% | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 80.0% | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 63.4% | 48.0% | 73.1% | 6 |
| 2010s | 77.5% | 75.0% | 80.8% | 5 |
| 2020s | 79.9% | 73.4% | 84.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Panama
- 123 British Virgin Islands 81.2% compare
- 124 Azerbaijan 80.3% compare
- 125 Sao Tome and Principe 80.1% compare
- 127 Myanmar 78.9% compare
- 128 Romania 78.2% compare
- 129 Micronesia (country) 76.9% compare
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 lower secondary completion rate, female in Panama?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Panama was 80.0% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 84.7% in 2021.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.0% in 2004.
- How does Panama rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Panama ranks 126th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.