Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Panama
Panama: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 1.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Panama, 2002–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Panama stood at 1.3%.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Panama peaked at 1.5% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2019.
That places Panama 98th out of 121 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Panama, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1.4% | — |
| 2003 | 1.4% | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 1.3% | -6.8% |
| 2005 | 1.4% | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 1.3% | -11.5% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | +20.1% |
| 2008 | 1.5% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | -11.0% |
| 2012 | 1.4% | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 1.4% | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 1.4% | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 1.1% | -20.5% |
| 2020 | 1.4% | +34.6% |
| 2021 | 1.4% | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 1.4% | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 1.3% | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Panama
More education data for Panama
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Panama?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Panama was 1.3% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5% in 2009.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2019.
- How does Panama rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Panama ranks 98th out of 121 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Education programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 20 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release