Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Panama
Panama: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total was 10.39 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Panama, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Panama is 10.39, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Panama peaked at 10.39 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4.9, in 1965.
Panama ranks 57th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Panama, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.97 | — |
| 1965 | 4.9 | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 5.79 | +18.2% |
| 1975 | 5.93 | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 7.32 | +23.4% |
| 1985 | 7.5 | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 9.24 | +23.2% |
| 1995 | 9.44 | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 9.94 | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 9.96 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 10.39 | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.94 | 4.9 | 4.97 | 2 |
| 1970s | 5.86 | 5.79 | 5.93 | 2 |
| 1980s | 7.41 | 7.32 | 7.5 | 2 |
| 1990s | 9.34 | 9.24 | 9.44 | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.95 | 9.94 | 9.96 | 2 |
| 2010s | 10.39 | 10.39 | 10.39 | 1 |
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- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 19,072 (2017)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Panama?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Panama was 10.39 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 10.39 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.9 in 1965.
- How does Panama rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total?
- Panama ranks 57th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 30-34, total is the average years of education completed among people age 30-34.