Education in Panama 158 indicators covering education for Panama. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 65.8% 2025 up 1.4% 79th Population ages 0-14 24.5% 2025 down 12.1% 97th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th School enrollment, primary 96.9% 2024 down 2.2% 138th Primary education, teachers 19,072 2017 up 4.9% 122nd School enrollment, primary, female 97.3% 2024 down 0.9% 132nd School enrollment, primary, male 96.6% 2024 down 3.5% 141st Labor force, total 2.29 million 2025 up 22.1% 123rd Labor force, female 41.8% 2025 up 5.8% 128th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9892 GPI 2021 up 1.9% 109th School enrollment, secondary 76.6% 2017 up 13.2% 143rd Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 5.8 per 1,000 2024 down 20.5% 81st Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.5 per 1,000 2024 down 31.4% 99th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.8 per 1,000 2024 down 10.0% 85th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.4 per 1,000 2024 down 17.6% 90th Secondary education, teachers 23,777 2017 up 41.1% 119th School enrollment, secondary, female 79.1% 2017 up 12.6% 146th School enrollment, secondary, male 74.2% 2017 up 13.8% 145th School enrollment, tertiary 53.7% 2023 up 23.0% 79th School enrollment, primary, private 12.6% 2024 down 12.4% 99th School enrollment, preprimary 27.0% 2020 down 58.4% 160th School enrollment, tertiary, male 41.6% 2023 up 21.2% 85th School enrollment, tertiary, female 66.3% 2023 up 24.3% 68th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.04 GPI 2021 down 3.3% 68th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.37 GPI 2023 up 1.2% 39th Secondary education, teachers, female 14,082 2017 up 43.0% 108th Primary completion rate, female 96.2% 2024 up 0.4% 84th Primary completion rate, male 96.2% 2024 down 1.5% 79th Government expenditure on education, total 2.5% 2023 down 19.8% 166th Secondary education, general pupils 268,242 2017 up 23.2% 122nd Lower secondary completion rate, total 78.8% 2024 up 4.2% 121st School enrollment, preprimary, female 27.4% 2020 down 57.8% 157th School enrollment, preprimary, male 26.5% 2020 down 58.9% 157th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 66.7% 2022 down 28.5% 146th Government expenditure on education, total 16.3% 2024 up 22.1% 45th Secondary education, general pupils 51.2% 2017 down 0.5% 52nd Lower secondary completion rate, female 80.0% 2024 down 0.1% 126th Lower secondary completion rate, male 77.7% 2024 up 8.9% 114th Children out of school 7.7% 2024 down 3.1% 61st Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 451,308 2024 up 5.8% 113th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Secondary education, pupils 311,983 2017 up 19.7% 123rd Persistence to last grade of primary, female 66.9% 2022 down 23.1% 136th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 66.5% 2022 down 21.9% 130th Secondary education, vocational pupils 54,671 2017 up 27.2% 87th Number of under-five deaths, male 609 2024 down 19.0% 108th Number of under-five deaths, female 483 2024 down 19.0% 109th Number of infant deaths, male 478 2024 down 20.5% 112th Number of infant deaths, female 377 2024 down 20.5% 113th Children out of school, female 7.2% 2024 down 7.8% 69th Children out of school, male 8.1% 2024 up 1.2% 64th Secondary education, vocational pupils 47.1% 2017 down 1.5% 50th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 91.5% 2017 down 17.4% 164th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 8.4% 2025 up 92.8% 51st Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.9% 2025 up 86.5% 56th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 10.4% 2025 up 95.7% 50th Primary education, teachers 76.7% 2017 up 1.0% 106th Repeaters, primary, total 3.2% 2017 down 42.1% 76th Page 1 of 3 Next →