Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Panama

Panama: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9899 GPI in 2017. ▬ Flat

Latest (2017)
0.9899 GPI
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
108th
of 188 countries
All-time high
0.9899 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.9764 GPI
in 2010
Years of data
18
1999–2017

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Panama, 1999–2017

00.20.40.60.811999200820171999: 0.98 GPI2000: 0.981 GPI2001: 0.983 GPI2002: 0.981 GPI2004: 0.983 GPI2005: 0.981 GPI2006: 0.984 GPI2007: 0.981 GPI2008: 0.981 GPI2009: 0.984 GPI2010: 0.976 GPI2011: 0.985 GPI2012: 0.981 GPI2013: 0.984 GPI2014: 0.987 GPI2015: 0.986 GPI2016: 0.983 GPI2017: 0.99 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Panama is 0.9899 GPI, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Panama peaked at 0.9899 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.9764 GPI, in 2010.

Panama ranks 108th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Panama, year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Panama, 1999 to 2017.
Year GPI Change
1999 0.98 GPI
2000 0.9806 GPI +0.1%
2001 0.9827 GPI +0.2%
2002 0.9809 GPI -0.2%
2004 0.9828 GPI +0.2%
2005 0.9806 GPI -0.2%
2006 0.9836 GPI +0.3%
2007 0.9808 GPI -0.3%
2008 0.9814 GPI +0.1%
2009 0.984 GPI +0.3%
2010 0.9764 GPI -0.8%
2011 0.9845 GPI +0.8%
2012 0.9814 GPI -0.3%
2013 0.9836 GPI +0.2%
2014 0.987 GPI +0.3%
2015 0.9863 GPI -0.1%
2016 0.983 GPI -0.3%
2017 0.9899 GPI +0.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.98 GPI 0.98 GPI 0.98 GPI 1
2000s 0.9819 GPI 0.9806 GPI 0.984 GPI 9
2010s 0.984 GPI 0.9764 GPI 0.9899 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Panama

  1. 105 Finland 0.9908 GPI compare
  2. 106 Grenada 0.9907 GPI compare
  3. 107 Russian Federation 0.99 GPI compare
  4. 109 Cayman Islands 0.9899 GPI compare
  5. 110 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9898 GPI compare
  6. 111 Poland 0.9894 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 233 places →

More reference data data for Panama

All data for Panama →

Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Panama?
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Panama was 0.9899 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Panama?
The highest recorded value was 0.9899 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Panama?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9764 GPI in 2010.
How does Panama rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Panama ranks 108th out of 188 countries with data for 2017.
Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Panama?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Panama data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 18 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Panama. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 24 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/gross-enrolment-ratio-primary-and-lower-secondary-gender-parity-index-gpi/panama/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/gross-enrolment-ratio-primary-and-lower-secondary-gender-parity-index-gpi/panama/">Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Panama</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,500 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female gross enrolment ratio for primary and lower secondary to male gross enrolment ratio for primary and lower secondary. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.