Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Panama

Gross tertiary enrolment in Panama was 53.7% in 2023.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Panama, 2023 53.7% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2022 −4.1percentage points 2022: 57.8%
World, 2023 43.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 65th of 128 See the full ranking

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Panama over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period PanamaWorld
2024 – 43.6%
2023 53.7% 43.2%
2022 57.8% 42.0%
2021 52.7% 41.1%
2020 44.9% 39.7%
2019 – 38.7%
2018 – 37.9%
2017 – 37.5%
2016 48.4% 37.1%
2015 47.6% 36.6%
2014 44.6% 35.6%
2013 – 33.1%
2012 43.7% 32.3%
2011 41.9% 31.1%
2010 44.0% 29.6%
2009 43.0% 28.3%
2008 43.1% 27.4%
2007 42.9% 26.3%
2006 42.7% 25.7%
2005 41.7% 24.3%
2004 43.0% 23.6%
2003 44.3% 22.8%
2002 40.8% 21.6%
2001 41.6% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −4.1 percentage points from 57.8% in 2022.
  • Since 2009, when it was 43.0%, the figure has changed by +10.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 128 countries with data for 2023, Panama has the 65th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 43.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2023 for Panama
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics