El Salvador vs Panama: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age
El Salvador
0.6531 GPIA
in 2023
Panama
0.7333 GPIA
in 2023
El Salvador rank
25th
Panama rank
23rd
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age over time
- El Salvador
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 0.7333 GPIA against 0.6531 GPIA in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0802 GPIA.
That makes Panama's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Panama ahead.
El Salvador ranks 25th and Panama ranks 23rd of 35 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.8188 GPIA | 0.1947 GPIA | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.8832 GPIA | 0.5548 GPIA | 0.3285 GPIA | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.793 GPIA | 0.4369 GPIA | 0.3561 GPIA | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, El Salvador or Panama?
- Panama, at 0.7333 GPIA against 0.6531 GPIA in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age between El Salvador and Panama?
- 0.0802 GPIA, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Panama?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Panama rank globally for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- El Salvador ranks 25th and Panama ranks 23rd of 35 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, urban, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release