Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Panama
Panama: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 61.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled 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
The most recent figure for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Panama is 61.6%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 7.9% on the previous year and up 35.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Panama peaked at 66.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 35.3%, in 1999.
That places Panama 97th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.3% | 35.3% | 35.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 53.1% | 42.1% | 60.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 55.0% | 45.2% | 64.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 61.9% | 57.1% | 66.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Panama
- 94 Barbados 65.6% compare
- 95 El Salvador 64.7% compare
- 96 Guyana 64.6% compare
- 98 United States 61.2% compare
- 99 Algeria 61.2% compare
- 100 Dominican Republic 60.8% compare
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 enrolled in pre-primary school in Panama?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Panama was 61.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 66.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.3% in 1999.
- How does Panama rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Panama ranks 97th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.