Panama: Progression to secondary school (%)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 29.43 percentage points in 2005 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.7 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.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2016, Panama had the 23rd highest value of the 46 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.

Closest to Panama in the 2016 ranking

• Tajikistan — 20th of 46: 99.49%
• Bulgaria — 21st of 46: 99.33%
• Lithuania — 22nd of 46: 99.21%
• Singapore — 24th of 46: 99.13%
• Slovak Republic — 25th of 46: 99.11%
• Latvia — 26th of 46: 98.98%

What this measures

Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).

Limitations: The quality of data on the transition rate is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished. Students who interrupt their studies after completing primary education could also affect data quality.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 24 values

Progression to secondary school (%) in nearby economies

• Argentina — 99.85% (2016)
• Belize — 97.36% (2017)
• Chile — 97.9% (2016)
• Costa Rica — 91.71% (2017)
• Cuba — 98.45% (2017)
• Dominican Republic — 93.16% (2017)
• Ecuador — 99.59% (2017)
• El Salvador — 95.17% (2017)
• Guatemala — 90.17% (2017)
• Jamaica — 97.05% (2017)
• Mexico

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)

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Questions people ask

What is Panama's progression to secondary school (%)?

99.19% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is up 35.32 percentage points from 63.87% in 1971. The highest value was 99.84% in 2007 and the lowest 57.17% in 1972.

How does Panama rank?

23rd highest of 46 economies with data for 2016.

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.SEC.PROG.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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