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Primary school enrollment — Panama

Primary school enrollment in Panama in 2017 — 86.2%. Ranked 110 in the world out of 137. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 11.9 pp.

2017 86.2% −1 pp vs 2015
World rank 110of 137
Period maximum 98.3%2002
Period minimum 74.3%1970

Trend over time

1970–2017 · % of children of the relevant age

Primary school enrollment — Panama, 1970–201770809010019701975198019851990199520002005201020151970: 74.3%1971: 82.4%1972: 85%1973: 87.1%1975: 88.8%1976: 88.5%1978: 90.6%1979: 89.2%1980: 88.1%1981: 86.8%1982: 85.8%1983: 84.7%1984: 84.4%1985: 85%1986: 85%1987: 85.8%1988: 85%1989: 86.4%1990: 86.6%1999: 93.1%2000: 94.9%2001: 96.2%2002: 98.3%2004: 98%2005: 97.6%2006: 98.2%2007: 98%2008: 97%2009: 94.1%2010: 95.6%2011: 94.5%2012: 93.9%2013: 93.1%2014: 90.6%2015: 87.3%2017: 86.2%
Change over the period: +11.9 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2017

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

Panama 86.2%
World 89.3%
Latin America & Caribbean 93.7%
Central America computed 92.7%
Primary school enrollment — Panama, by year Panama All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2017 86.2 —
2015 87.3 −3.3 pp
2014 90.6 −2.5 pp
2013 93.1 −0.9 pp
2012 93.9 −0.6 pp
2011 94.5 −1.1 pp
2010 95.6 +1.5 pp
2009 94.1 −2.9 pp
2008 97 −1 pp
2007 98 −0.2 pp
2006 98.2 +0.6 pp
2005 97.6 −0.5 pp
2004 98 —
2002 98.3 +2.1 pp
2001 96.2 +1.3 pp
2000 94.9 +1.7 pp
1999 93.1 —
1990 86.6 +0.2 pp
1989 86.4 +1.5 pp
1988 85 −0.8 pp
1987 85.8 +0.8 pp
1986 85 −0 pp
1985 85 +0.6 pp
1984 84.4 −0.2 pp
1983 84.7 −1.1 pp
1982 85.8 −1 pp
1981 86.8 −1.3 pp
1980 88.1 −1.1 pp
1979 89.2 −1.4 pp
1978 90.6 —
1976 88.5 −0.3 pp
1975 88.8 —
1973 87.1 +2.1 pp
1972 85 +2.6 pp
1971 82.4 +8.1 pp
1970 74.3 —

Central America, 2017

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

CR Costa Rica 96.3 BZ Belize 96.2 MX Mexico 95.3 PA Panama 86.2 GT Guatemala 85.6 SV El Salvador 80.2 HN Honduras 80.1
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About the indicator

The net primary enrollment rate — the share of children of official school age enrolled in primary school out of all children of that age. Unlike the gross ratio it cannot exceed 100%, because it leaves out pupils older or younger than the official age.

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

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