School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Panama

Panama: School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity was 0.9891 GPI in 2017. ▬ Flat

Latest (2017)
0.9891 GPI
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
107th
of 188 countries
All-time high
0.9891 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.9756 GPI
in 2010
Years of data
18
1999–2017

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Panama, 1999–2017

00.20.40.60.811999200820171999: 0.98 GPI2000: 0.98 GPI2001: 0.982 GPI2002: 0.981 GPI2004: 0.982 GPI2005: 0.98 GPI2006: 0.983 GPI2007: 0.98 GPI2008: 0.981 GPI2009: 0.983 GPI2010: 0.976 GPI2011: 0.984 GPI2012: 0.98 GPI2013: 0.983 GPI2014: 0.986 GPI2015: 0.985 GPI2016: 0.983 GPI2017: 0.989 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Panama is 0.9891 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, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Panama peaked at 0.9891 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.9756 GPI, in 2010.

That places Panama 107th out of 188 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.

School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Panama, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Panama, 1999 to 2017.
Year GPI Change
1999 0.9796 GPI —
2000 0.9801 GPI +0.1%
2001 0.9825 GPI +0.2%
2002 0.9808 GPI -0.2%
2004 0.9823 GPI +0.2%
2005 0.9801 GPI -0.2%
2006 0.9831 GPI +0.3%
2007 0.98 GPI -0.3%
2008 0.9808 GPI +0.1%
2009 0.9834 GPI +0.3%
2010 0.9756 GPI -0.8%
2011 0.9836 GPI +0.8%
2012 0.9805 GPI -0.3%
2013 0.9827 GPI +0.2%
2014 0.9862 GPI +0.4%
2015 0.9855 GPI -0.1%
2016 0.9826 GPI -0.3%
2017 0.9891 GPI +0.7%

Panama compared with similar countries

  • Panama's 0.9891 GPI is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9934 GPI, 100% of the median. (69 countries reporting)
  • Panama's 0.9891 GPI is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9891 GPI, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9796 GPI 0.9796 GPI 0.9796 GPI 1
2000s 0.9814 GPI 0.98 GPI 0.9834 GPI 9
2010s 0.9832 GPI 0.9756 GPI 0.9891 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Panama

  1. 104 Jamaica 0.9902 GPI compare
  2. 105 Cayman Islands 0.9897 GPI compare
  3. 106 Russia 0.9892 GPI compare
  4. 108 British Virgin Islands 0.9884 GPI compare
  5. 109 Poland 0.9882 GPI compare
  6. 110 Jordan 0.9882 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 233 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Panama?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Panama was 0.9891 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Panama?
The highest recorded value was 0.9891 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Panama?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9756 GPI in 2010.
How does Panama rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Panama ranks 107th out of 188 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, 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 School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, 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, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. 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.