Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Panama
Panama: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general was 84.2% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Panama, 1970–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2017, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Panama stood at 84.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Panama peaked at 85.5% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 55.5%, in 1999.
That places Panama 160th out of 217 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 | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 62.2% | — |
| 1971 | 63.2% | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 64.8% | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 65.0% | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 63.9% | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 65.7% | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 67.6% | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 69.9% | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 72.8% | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 74.4% | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 75.0% | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 73.8% | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 73.0% | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 72.5% | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 72.0% | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 71.8% | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 71.2% | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 71.5% | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 72.4% | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 72.7% | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 73.7% | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 55.5% | -24.6% |
| 2000 | 58.5% | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 58.2% | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 60.0% | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 60.7% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 63.0% | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 82.0% | +30.1% |
| 2007 | 84.5% | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 84.7% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 84.7% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 84.8% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 84.3% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 85.5% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 84.2% | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 67.0% | 62.2% | 74.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 72.6% | 71.2% | 75.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 64.6% | 55.5% | 73.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 70.7% | 58.2% | 84.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 84.7% | 84.2% | 85.5% | 4 |
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More education data for Panama
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 220,530 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.0488 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 230,778 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), per capita 0.0511 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 311,983 (2017)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -4.55 % change on previous year (2017)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19,072 (2017)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2017)
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 84.2% 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 85.5% in 2016.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.5% in 1999.
- How does Panama rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- Panama ranks 160th out of 217 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 down 0.3%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release