School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Panama

Panama: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1.06 GPI in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
1.06 GPI
Change on year
up 2.7%
World rank
53rd
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.13 GPI
in 1983
All-time low
1.03 GPI
in 2016
Years of data
38
1970–2017

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Panama, 1970–2017

00.250.50.7511.21970199320171970: 1.1 GPI1971: 1.1 GPI1972: 1.1 GPI1973: 1.1 GPI1974: 1.1 GPI1975: 1.1 GPI1976: 1.1 GPI1977: 1.1 GPI1978: 1.1 GPI1979: 1.1 GPI1980: 1.1 GPI1981: 1.1 GPI1982: 1.1 GPI1983: 1.1 GPI1984: 1.1 GPI1985: 1.1 GPI1986: 1.1 GPI1987: 1.1 GPI1988: 1.1 GPI1989: 1.1 GPI1990: 1.1 GPI1999: 1.1 GPI2000: 1.1 GPI2001: 1.1 GPI2002: 1.1 GPI2004: 1.1 GPI2005: 1.1 GPI2006: 1.1 GPI2007: 1.1 GPI2008: 1.1 GPI2009: 1.1 GPI2010: 1.1 GPI2011: 1.1 GPI2013: 1.1 GPI2014: 1.1 GPI2015: 1.1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Panama is 1.06 GPI, measured in 2017.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Panama peaked at 1.13 GPI in 1983 and was at its lowest, 1.03 GPI, in 2016.

Panama ranks 53rd of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 38 years of available data.

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Panama, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Panama, 1970 to 2017.
Year GPI Change
1970 1.11 GPI —
1971 1.11 GPI -0.3%
1972 1.09 GPI -1.7%
1973 1.07 GPI -1.5%
1974 1.11 GPI +3.2%
1975 1.1 GPI -0.7%
1976 1.09 GPI -1.4%
1977 1.1 GPI +1.1%
1978 1.1 GPI +0.5%
1979 1.11 GPI +0.4%
1980 1.12 GPI +1.4%
1981 1.12 GPI +0.0%
1982 1.12 GPI -0.1%
1983 1.13 GPI +0.5%
1984 1.13 GPI -0.2%
1985 1.12 GPI -0.7%
1986 1.13 GPI +0.7%
1987 1.11 GPI -1.1%
1988 1.11 GPI -0.6%
1989 1.09 GPI -1.3%
1990 1.07 GPI -1.6%
1999 1.08 GPI +0.3%
2000 1.07 GPI -1.0%
2001 1.07 GPI +0.7%
2002 1.07 GPI -0.5%
2004 1.07 GPI +0.3%
2005 1.07 GPI -0.2%
2006 1.08 GPI +1.0%
2007 1.07 GPI -0.9%
2008 1.08 GPI +0.4%
2009 1.08 GPI +0.1%
2010 1.06 GPI -1.4%
2011 1.07 GPI +1.2%
2013 1.06 GPI -1.0%
2014 1.07 GPI +1.1%
2015 1.05 GPI -1.9%
2016 1.03 GPI -2.5%
2017 1.06 GPI +2.7%

Panama compared with similar countries

  • Panama's 1.06 GPI is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.01 GPI, 1.0× the median. (72 countries reporting)
  • Panama's 1.06 GPI is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.04 GPI, 1.0× the median. (38 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.1 GPI 1.07 GPI 1.11 GPI 10
1980s 1.12 GPI 1.09 GPI 1.13 GPI 10
1990s 1.08 GPI 1.07 GPI 1.08 GPI 2
2000s 1.07 GPI 1.07 GPI 1.08 GPI 9
2010s 1.06 GPI 1.03 GPI 1.07 GPI 7

Countries ranked near Panama

  1. 50 Bahamas 1.06 GPI compare
  2. 51 Tanzania 1.06 GPI compare
  3. 52 Nepal 1.06 GPI compare
  4. 54 Armenia 1.06 GPI compare
  5. 55 New Zealand 1.06 GPI compare
  6. 56 Colombia 1.05 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 195 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Panama?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Panama was 1.06 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Panama?
The highest recorded value was 1.13 GPI in 1983.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Panama?
The lowest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 2016.
How does Panama rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Panama ranks 53rd out of 195 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Panama?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Panama data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,786 data points, 1970–2020
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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.