Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Panama
Panama: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 1.01 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Panama, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Panama recorded 1.01 index for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Panama peaked at 1.01 index in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9379 index, in 1970.
Panama ranks 57th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Panama, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.9379 index | — |
| 1971 | 0.9417 index | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.9429 index | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 0.9413 index | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.9529 index | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 0.941 index | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 0.9533 index | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 0.9584 index | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 0.9524 index | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.9528 index | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.9548 index | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.9543 index | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.9556 index | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.9489 index | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 0.9428 index | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.947 index | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.9483 index | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.9473 index | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 0.9533 index | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.9598 index | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 0.9547 index | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.9688 index | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.9699 index | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.97 index | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9693 index | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9706 index | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9736 index | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9721 index | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9749 index | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9755 index | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9728 index | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9726 index | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9703 index | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9761 index | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9749 index | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9765 index | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9791 index | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9772 index | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.986 index | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.9797 index | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9951 index | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9913 index | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9891 index | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9972 index | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9988 index | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1.01 index | +0.7% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 1.01 index is above the median for high income countries, which is 1 index, 1.0× the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Panama's 1.01 index is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9945 index, 1.0× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9475 index | 0.9379 index | 0.9584 index | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9512 index | 0.9428 index | 0.9598 index | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9618 index | 0.9547 index | 0.9688 index | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9721 index | 0.9693 index | 0.9755 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9794 index | 0.9703 index | 0.9951 index | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9965 index | 0.9891 index | 1.01 index | 5 |
Countries ranked near Panama
More health data for Panama
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.94 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.5994 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,074 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 101 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 1 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.2522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0378 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.3451 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Panama?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Panama was 1.01 index in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 index in 2024.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9379 index in 1970.
- How does Panama rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Panama ranks 57th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 46 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.