Share of primary school teachers who are women in Panama
Panama: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 76.7% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Panama, 1970–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Panama recorded 76.7% for share of primary school teachers who are women in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Panama peaked at 80.7% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 74.1%, in 1989.
That places Panama 112th out of 212 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 38 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 78.9% | 77.3% | 80.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 78.1% | 74.1% | 80.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 74.8% | 74.8% | 74.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 75.7% | 75.0% | 76.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 76.5% | 75.8% | 76.9% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Panama
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 primary school teachers who are women in Panama?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Panama was 76.7% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 80.7% in 1975.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.1% in 1989.
- How does Panama rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Panama ranks 112th out of 212 countries with data for 2017.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. 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 primary school teachers who are women. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female teachers among all teachers at the primary education level during a given school year.