Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Panama

Share of children out of school in Panama in 2024 — 7.7%. Ranked 82 in the world out of 120. Since 1970, the indicator has fallen by 17.21 pp.

2024 7.7% −1.21 pp vs 2023
World rank 82of 120
Period maximum 24.9%1970
Period minimum 0.06%2006

Trend over time

1970–2024 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Panama, 1970–2024010203019701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 24.9%1971: 17.11%1972: 14.85%1973: 13.06%1975: 11.6%1976: 11.82%1978: 9.25%1979: 10.32%1980: 10.98%1981: 11.86%1982: 12.41%1983: 13.14%1984: 13%1985: 12.16%1986: 12.08%1987: 11.33%1988: 12.52%1989: 11.61%1990: 12.24%1999: 6.84%2000: 5.55%2001: 3.98%2002: 1.64%2004: 0.12%2005: 0.5%2006: 0.06%2007: 0.1%2008: 0.53%2009: 3.27%2010: 2.88%2011: 4.11%2012: 4.93%2013: 5.88%2014: 7.95%2015: 10.09%2017: 12.67%2019: 12.08%2020: 9.79%2021: 3.46%2022: 3.04%2023: 8.9%2024: 7.7%
Change over the period: −17.21 pp Annual average: -0.32 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Panama

Panama 7.7%
Central America computed 3.93%
Share of children out of school — Panama, by year Panama All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 7.7 −1.21 pp
2023 8.9 +5.86 pp
2022 3.04 −0.42 pp
2021 3.46 −6.33 pp
2020 9.79 −2.29 pp
2019 12.08
2017 12.67
2015 10.09 +2.14 pp
2014 7.95 +2.06 pp
2013 5.88 +0.95 pp
2012 4.93 +0.83 pp
2011 4.11 +1.23 pp
2010 2.88 −0.39 pp
2009 3.27 +2.74 pp
2008 0.53 +0.43 pp
2007 0.1 +0.04 pp
2006 0.06 −0.44 pp
2005 0.5 +0.38 pp
2004 0.12
2002 1.64 −2.34 pp
2001 3.98 −1.57 pp
2000 5.55 −1.29 pp
1999 6.84
1990 12.24 +0.63 pp
1989 11.61 −0.92 pp
1988 12.52 +1.19 pp
1987 11.33 −0.75 pp
1986 12.08 −0.08 pp
1985 12.16 −0.84 pp
1984 13 −0.14 pp
1983 13.14 +0.73 pp
1982 12.41 +0.55 pp
1981 11.86 +0.88 pp
1980 10.98 +0.65 pp
1979 10.32 +1.07 pp
1978 9.25
1976 11.82 +0.22 pp
1975 11.6
1973 13.06 −1.8 pp
1972 14.85 −2.25 pp
1971 17.11 −7.8 pp
1970 24.9

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of children of primary school age not attending school. Unlike the absolute count, the indicator speaks to the state of the education system in a country, and it shows that the task does not reduce to poverty: at comparable income the shares differ severalfold, and the highest values come from countries where schooling is obstructed by conflict or by a nomadic way of life.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the number of children aged 0–14: total population is the wrong weight here — the share of children differs fourfold across countries.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.