Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female in Panama
Panama: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female was 6,959 number in 2016. ▲ Rising
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female in Panama, 1970–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
Panama recorded 6,959 number for teachers in tertiary education programmes, female in 2016.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in tertiary education programmes, female in Panama peaked at 7,123 number in 2015 and was at its lowest, 95 number, in 1970.
Panama ranks 62nd of 159 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 95 number | 95 number | 95 number | 1 |
| 1980s | 1,000 number | 922 number | 1,079 number | 2 |
| 1990s | 1,690 number | 1,690 number | 1,690 number | 1 |
| 2000s | 5,256 number | 4,329 number | 6,351 number | 9 |
| 2010s | 6,754 number | 6,161 number | 7,123 number | 6 |
Countries ranked near Panama
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 teachers in tertiary education programmes, female in Panama?
- Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female in Panama was 6,959 number in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in tertiary education programmes, female recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 7,123 number in 2015.
- What is the lowest teachers in tertiary education programmes, female recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 95 number in 1970.
- How does Panama rank for teachers in tertiary education programmes, female?
- Panama ranks 62nd out of 159 countries with data for 2016.
- Is teachers in tertiary education programmes, female rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.2%. 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 Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total number of female teachers in public and private tertiary education institutions (ISCED 5-8). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.