Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Panama
Panama: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 23.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Panama, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Panama stood at 23.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.0% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Panama peaked at 43.3% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 15.1%, in 2022.
That places Panama 65th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 43.3% | 43.3% | 43.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 23.1% | 15.7% | 32.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 22.1% | 18.5% | 26.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 21.2% | 15.1% | 26.8% | 4 |
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More education data for Panama
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 96.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 19,072 (2017)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.11 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Panama?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Panama was 23.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 43.3% in 1999.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.1% in 2022.
- How does Panama rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Panama ranks 65th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who are not in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children one year before the official primary entry age (typically age 5) not enrolled in pre-primary education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.