Panama vs Upper middle income: Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower
Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower over time
- Panama
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Panama currently reports 12.9% against 5.3% in Upper middle income, a difference of 7.6%.
That makes Panama's figure about 2.4 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Panama ahead.
Panama ranks 31st and Upper middle income ranks 29th of 148 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 2 and Upper middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.6% | 9.8% | 1.8% | Panama |
| 2000s | 7.2% | 7.3% | 0.1% | Upper middle income |
| 2010s | 8.8% | 5.1% | 3.7% | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower, Panama or Upper middle income?
- Panama, at 12.9% against 5.3% in Upper middle income as of 2017.
- What is the difference in out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower between Panama and Upper middle income?
- 7.6%, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Upper middle income?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2017.
- How do Panama and Upper middle income rank globally for out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower?
- Panama ranks 31st and Upper middle income ranks 29th of 148 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Proportion of children and adolescents in the official age range for primary and lower secondary education who are not enrolled in primary or lower secondary education. To calculate the indicator, the number of students of the official age for primary and lower secondary education enrolled in primary or lower secondary education is subtracted from the total population of primary and lower secondary education. The result is expressed as a percentage of the population of the official age for primary and lower secondary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/