Wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education in Panama

Panama: Wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education was 0.7% in 2021. ▼ Falling

Latest (2021)
0.7%
Change on year
down 7.4%
World rank
71st
of 104 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 1991
All-time low
0.7%
in 2021
Years of data
25
1991–2021

Wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education in Panama, 1991–2021

00.20.40.60.81991200620211991: 0.791 % of employed population with high education in working age1995: 0.787 % of employed population with high education in working age1997: 0.774 % of employed population with high education in working age1998: 0.777 % of employed population with high education in working age1999: 0.77 % of employed population with high education in working age2000: 0.77 % of employed population with high education in working age2001: 0.762 % of employed population with high education in working age2002: 0.74 % of employed population with high education in working age2003: 0.732 % of employed population with high education in working age2004: 0.732 % of employed population with high education in working age2005: 0.731 % of employed population with high education in working age2006: 0.738 % of employed population with high education in working age2007: 0.753 % of employed population with high education in working age2008: 0.756 % of employed population with high education in working age2009: 0.744 % of employed population with high education in working age2010: 0.757 % of employed population with high education in working age2011: 0.773 % of employed population with high education in working age2012: 0.734 % of employed population with high education in working age2013: 0.771 % of employed population with high education in working age2014: 0.725 % of employed population with high education in working age2015: 0.744 % of employed population with high education in working age2016: 0.728 % of employed population with high education in working age2017: 0.733 % of employed population with high education in working age2018: 0.708 % of employed population with high education in working age2021: 0.655 % of employed population with high education in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of employed population with high education in working age.

Analysis

The most recent figure for wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education in Panama is 0.7%, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education in Panama peaked at 0.8% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2021.

That places Panama 71st out of 104 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.

Wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education in Panama, year by year

Annual values for Wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age) in Panama, 1991 to 2021.
Year % of employed population with high education in working age Change
1991 0.8%
1995 0.8% -0.4%
1997 0.8% -1.7%
1998 0.8% +0.5%
1999 0.8% -0.9%
2000 0.8% -0.1%
2001 0.8% -1.0%
2002 0.7% -2.9%
2003 0.7% -1.1%
2004 0.7% +0.0%
2005 0.7% -0.1%
2006 0.7% +1.0%
2007 0.8% +2.0%
2008 0.8% +0.4%
2009 0.7% -1.6%
2010 0.8% +1.9%
2011 0.8% +2.1%
2012 0.7% -5.1%
2013 0.8% +5.0%
2014 0.7% -6.0%
2015 0.7% +2.6%
2016 0.7% -2.1%
2017 0.7% +0.7%
2018 0.7% -3.5%
2021 0.7% -7.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 5
2000s 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 10
2010s 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 9
2020s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 1

Countries ranked near Panama

  1. 68 Morocco 0.7% compare
  2. 69 Dominican Republic 0.7% compare
  3. 70 Venezuela 0.7% compare
  4. 72 Indonesia 0.7% compare
  5. 73 Pakistan 0.6% compare
  6. 74 Paraguay 0.6% compare

See the full ranking of 104 places →

More reference data data for Panama

All data for Panama →

Frequently asked questions

What is wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education in Panama?
Wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education in Panama was 0.7% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education recorded in Panama?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 1991.
What is the lowest wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education recorded in Panama?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2021.
How does Panama rank for wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education?
Panama ranks 71st out of 104 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education rising or falling in Panama?
Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Panama data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education in Panama. Statizoid. Retrieved 28 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-workers-aged-15-64-above-primary-education-percent-of-employed-population-with-high/panama/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-workers-aged-15-64-above-primary-education-percent-of-employed-population-with-high/panama/">Wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education in Panama</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age)
Unit
% of employed population with high education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
104 places, 1,400 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed