Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Panama
Panama: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 0.8112 GPIA in 2017. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Panama, 1999–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2017, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Panama stood at 0.8112 GPIA. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Panama peaked at 1 GPIA in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.8112 GPIA, in 2017.
Panama ranks 66th of 160 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Panama, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.9331 GPIA | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 1 GPIA | +7.2% |
| 2002 | 0.9148 GPIA | -8.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9318 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.8929 GPIA | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8764 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.817 GPIA | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 0.8395 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 0.8335 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.8437 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8529 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8137 GPIA | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 0.8112 GPIA | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8932 GPIA | 0.817 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8304 GPIA | 0.8112 GPIA | 0.8529 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Panama
More education data for Panama
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 154,102 (2017)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -5.29 % change on previous year (2017)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 93,909 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 6.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 191,589 (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Panama?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Panama was 0.8112 GPIA in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 1999.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8112 GPIA in 2017.
- How does Panama rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Panama ranks 66th out of 160 countries with data for 2017.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. 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 Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release