Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Panama
Panama: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general was 1.03 GPIA in 2017. ▲ Rising
Latest (2017)
1.03 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
88th
of 211 countries
All-time high
1.04 GPIA
in 2005
All-time low
0.9172 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
35
1970–2017
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Panama, 1970–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Panama recorded 1.03 GPIA for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in 2017.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Panama peaked at 1.04 GPIA in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.9172 GPIA, in 1970.
That places Panama 88th out of 211 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Panama, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.9172 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.9387 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 0.9468 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 0.9547 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 0.9716 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 0.9581 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.9544 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.9688 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.9797 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 0.9675 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.9691 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.9788 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.9755 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.9679 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.9662 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 0.9709 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.9626 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.9698 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.9751 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.9768 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.9953 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 0.9843 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 1.04 GPIA | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 0.9891 GPIA | -5.1% |
| 2002 | 1.04 GPIA | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 1.04 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 1.01 GPIA | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 1.02 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.03 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9558 GPIA | 0.9172 GPIA | 0.9797 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9713 GPIA | 0.9626 GPIA | 0.9788 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9898 GPIA | 0.9843 GPIA | 0.9953 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.02 GPIA | 0.9891 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.02 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Panama
- 85 Japan 1.03 GPIA compare
- 86 Brunei Darussalam 1.03 GPIA compare
- 87 Benin 1.03 GPIA compare
- 89 Micronesia, Federated States of 1.03 GPIA compare
- 90 Saint Lucia 1.03 GPIA compare
- 91 Gambia 1.03 GPIA compare
More education data for Panama
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Panama?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Panama was 1.03 GPIA in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPIA in 2005.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9172 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Panama rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- Panama ranks 88th out of 211 countries with data for 2017.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. 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 Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release