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Adult literacy in Panama

Adult literacy in Panama: 88.1% in 1980 and 96.2% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2024
96.2%
Since 1980
+8.2 percentage points
World, 2024
87.7%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in PanamaAdult literacy in Panama: 88.1% in 1980 and 96.2% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 87.7% in 2024.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearPanamaWorld
202496.287.7
202396.187.6
2022–87.4
202196.287.2
2020–87
201995.786.8
201895.486.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
201094.184.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
200091.981.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
1991–75.1
199088.874.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
1981–68.4
198088.167.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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