Panama: School enrollment, primary, male (% net)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 7.73 percentage points from 94.29% in 2012. Since 1970 it is up 12.58 percentage points from 73.97% in 1970. The World Bank has no value for 14 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 8.05 percentage points in 1971 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.21 percentage points in 2015. 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 1.24 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 89% 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 28th highest value of the 34 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 2017 ranking

• Venezuela, RB — 24th of 34: 87.54%
• South Africa — 25th of 34: 87.32%
• Bulgaria — 26th of 34: 86.57%
• Eswatini — 28th of 34: 82.67%
• Romania — 29th of 34: 82.41%
• Slovak Republic — 30th of 34: 82.13%

What this measures

Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.

Limitations: Enrollment indicators are based on annual school surveys, but do not necessarily reflect actual attendance or dropout rates during the year. Also, the length of education differs across countries and can influence enrollment rates, although the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) tries to minimize the difference. For example, a shorter duration for primary education tends to increase the rate; a longer one to decrease it (in part because older children are more at risk of dropping out). Moreover, age at enrollment may be inaccurately estimated or misstated, especially in communities where registration of births is not strictly enforced.

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

All 34 values

School enrollment, primary, male (% net) in nearby economies

• Bahamas, The — 73.33% (2018)
• Barbados — 97.63% (2018)
• Bolivia — 92.98% (2018)
• Chile — 94.72% (2017)
• Colombia — 92.69% (2018)
• Costa Rica — 96.38% (2017)
• Cuba — 97.93% (2018)
• Dominican Republic — 92.74% (2018)
• El Salvador — 80.59% (2018)
• Guatemala — 86.74% (2018)
• Honduras

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 school enrollment, primary, male (% net)?

86.56% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is up 12.58 percentage points from 73.97% in 1970. The highest value was 98.86% in 2002 and the lowest 73.97% in 1970.

How does Panama rank?

28th highest of 34 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.NENR.MA, 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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