School life expectancy, primary, female in Panama
Panama: School life expectancy, primary, female was 5.84 years in 2024. βΌ Falling
School life expectancy, primary, female in Panama, 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, female in Panama is 5.84 years, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in Panama peaked at 6.96 years in 1973 and was at its lowest, 5.56 years, in 2016.
Panama ranks 107th of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 46 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.7 years | 6.17 years | 6.96 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.14 years | 6.07 years | 6.33 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.08 years | 6.03 years | 6.13 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.39 years | 6.2 years | 6.53 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.9 years | 5.56 years | 6.26 years | 9 |
| 2020s | 5.89 years | 5.68 years | 6.11 years | 5 |
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More education data for Panama
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 96.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 19,072 (2017)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 2.11 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in Panama?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in Panama was 5.84 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 6.96 years in 1973.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.56 years in 2016.
- How does Panama rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- Panama ranks 107th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 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, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release