Primary completion rate, female in Panama
Panama: Primary completion rate, female was 96.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, female in Panama, 1970–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Panama recorded 96.2% for primary completion rate, female in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, female in Panama peaked at 101.3% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 66.1%, in 1970.
Panama ranks 84th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, female in Panama, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 66.1% | — |
| 1971 | 69.8% | +5.5% |
| 1972 | 74.1% | +6.1% |
| 1973 | 79.5% | +7.3% |
| 1974 | 81.1% | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 83.5% | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 98.8% | +18.4% |
| 1977 | 93.7% | -5.2% |
| 1978 | 91.9% | -1.9% |
| 1979 | 90.6% | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 87.6% | -3.3% |
| 1981 | 85.0% | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 84.5% | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 85.2% | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 80.5% | -5.6% |
| 1985 | 83.3% | +3.5% |
| 1986 | 83.3% | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 84.0% | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 82.6% | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 84.2% | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 89.1% | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 91.2% | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 91.5% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 91.8% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 93.0% | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 92.6% | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 91.0% | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 96.1% | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 99.5% | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 99.4% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 95.6% | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 99.6% | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 101.3% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 99.6% | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 95.7% | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 89.7% | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 86.9% | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 87.4% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 94.7% | +8.3% |
| 2022 | 93.2% | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 93.3% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 96.2% | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 82.9% | 66.1% | 98.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 84.0% | 80.5% | 87.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 89.1% | 89.1% | 89.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 94.0% | 91.0% | 99.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 95.5% | 86.9% | 101.3% | 7 |
| 2020s | 93.0% | 87.4% | 96.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Panama
- 81 Azerbaijan 96.2% compare
- 82 Tunisia 96.2% compare
- 83 Belarus 96.2% compare
- 85 Gibraltar 96.1% compare
- 86 New Caledonia 95.9% compare
- 87 Kyrgyzstan 95.7% compare
More education data for Panama
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, female in Panama?
- Primary completion rate, female in Panama was 96.2% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, female recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 101.3% in 2012.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, female recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.1% in 1970.
- How does Panama rank for primary completion rate, female?
- Panama ranks 84th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, female rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.