School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Panama
Panama: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.38 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Panama, 1970β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Panama recorded 1.38 GPIA for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in 2023.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Panama peaked at 1.42 GPIA in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.758 GPIA, in 1971.
That places Panama 40th out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9896 GPIA | 0.758 GPIA | 1.17 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.25 GPIA | 1.17 GPIA | 1.35 GPIA | 8 |
| 1990s | 1.35 GPIA | 1.33 GPIA | 1.37 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.38 GPIA | 1.35 GPIA | 1.42 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.36 GPIA | 1.35 GPIA | 1.37 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 1.37 GPIA | 1.35 GPIA | 1.38 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Panama
- 37 Kuwait 1.39 GPIA compare
- 38 Sweden 1.39 GPIA compare
- 39 British Virgin Islands 1.39 GPIA compare
- 41 Suriname 1.37 GPIA compare
- 42 Puerto Rico 1.37 GPIA compare
- 43 New Zealand 1.37 GPIA compare
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, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Panama?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Panama was 1.38 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 1.42 GPIA in 2001.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.758 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Panama rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Panama ranks 40th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. 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, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release