School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Panama
Panama: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.57 GPI in 2016. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Panama, 1970β2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2016, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Panama stood at 1.57 GPI.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Panama peaked at 1.73 GPI in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.7542 GPI, in 1971.
Panama ranks 34th of 177 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9931 GPI | 0.7542 GPI | 1.21 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.35 GPI | 1.2 GPI | 1.55 GPI | 8 |
| 1990s | 1.55 GPI | 1.5 GPI | 1.6 GPI | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.63 GPI | 1.52 GPI | 1.73 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.56 GPI | 1.53 GPI | 1.59 GPI | 6 |
Countries ranked near Panama
- 31 Sweden 1.58 GPI compare
- 32 Cuba 1.58 GPI compare
- 33 Puerto Rico 1.58 GPI compare
- 35 Brunei Darussalam 1.55 GPI compare
- 36 Cabo Verde 1.53 GPI compare
- 37 Poland, Republic of 1.52 GPI 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, gender parity index in Panama?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Panama was 1.57 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 1.73 GPI in 2001.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7542 GPI in 1971.
- How does Panama rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Panama ranks 34th out of 177 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. 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, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.