Youth literacy in Panama

In Panama, 99.2% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2024.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 1980 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Panama, 2024 99.2% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2023 +0.3percentage points 2023: 98.9%

Youth literacy in Panama over time

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% of people aged 15 to 24. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 (% of people aged 15 to 24), 2000 to 2024
Period Panama
2024 99.2%
2023 98.9%
2022 99.3%
2021 99.3%
2019 98.9%
2018 99.1%
2017 99.1%
2016 98.8%
2015 98.2%
2014 98.0%
2010 97.6%
2000 96.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 98.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2010, when it was 97.6%, the figure has changed by +1.6 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
LR.AG15T24 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1980 to 2024 for Panama
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org