Panama's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) was 91.52% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 19.3 percentage points from 110.82% in 2007.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 91.52% | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 95.02% | 2012 |
| Ten years earlier | 110.82% | 2007 |
| Highest | 134.54% | 1971 |
| Lowest | 91.52% | 2017 |
| Average since 2008 | 98.18% | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | 107.34% | 1970 |
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 27.2 percentage points in 1971 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.67 percentage points in 1972. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2008 to 2017 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.01 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 60% of the movement over 9 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2017, Panama had the 51st highest value of the 55 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Panama | 91.52% | 2017 |
| World | 105.12% | 2018 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 100.39% | 2018 |
| High income | 98.51% | 2018 |
Closest to Panama in the 2017 ranking
- Liechtenstein — 47th of 55: 94.46%
- Spain — 48th of 55: 93.47%
- São Tomé and Principe — 49th of 55: 91.55%
- Bulgaria — 51st of 55: 90.99%
- Honduras — 52nd of 55: 90.63%
- United Arab Emirates — 53rd of 55: 89.24%
What this measures
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age.
Limitations: The quality of data is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished in the first grade of primary education. Caution is also needed for countries with a total population under 100,000 since the United Nations Population Division neither publish nor endorse single-age data for those countries. The data are highly subject to fluctuations in migration and other factors.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 37 values
| Year | Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 91.52 |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | 99.91 |
| 2014 | 97.06 |
| 2013 | 97.01 |
| 2012 | 95.02 |
| 2011 | 97.09 |
| 2010 | 99.72 |
| 2009 | 101.64 |
| 2008 | 104.61 |
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 98.52% (2018)
- Argentina — 106.2% (2017)
- Bahamas, The — 83.29% (2018)
- Barbados — 98.33% (2018)
- Belize — 98.49% (2018)
- Bolivia — 98.97% (2018)
- British Virgin Islands — 150.16% (2017)
- Chile
More education data for Panama
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 451,308 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 96.94% (2024)
- School enrollment, preprimary (% gross) — 26.97% (2020)
- School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 53.7% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) — 12.61% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Panama's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group)?
- 91.52% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is down 15.82 percentage points from 107.34% in 1970. The highest value was 134.54% in 1971 and the lowest 91.52% in 2017.
- How does Panama rank?
- 51st highest of 55 economies with data for 2017.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.GINT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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