Panama - Children out of school, primary, female

The value for Children out of school, primary, female in Panama was 22,976 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31,981 in 1970 and a minimum value of 2,028 in 2006.

Definition: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 31,981
1971 22,241
1972 19,471
1973 17,289
1975 16,000
1976 16,295
1978 13,988
1979 16,057
1980 18,436
1981 20,786
1982 22,638
1983 24,944
1984 25,730
1985 24,743
1986 25,722
1987 24,064
1988 25,195
1989 22,510
1990 22,451
1999 11,736
2000 9,051
2001 6,590
2002 3,143
2005 3,518
2006 2,028
2008 4,641
2009 9,424
2010 8,101
2011 9,111
2012 10,680
2013 14,035
2014 18,504
2015 22,074
2017 29,381
2020 22,976

Development Relevance: Large numbers of children out of school create pressure to enroll children and provide classrooms, teachers, and educational materials, a task made difficult in many countries by limited education budgets. However, getting children into school is a high priority for countries and crucial for achieving universal primary education.

Limitations and Exceptions: Due to different data sources for enrollment and population data, the number may not capture the actual number of children not attending in primary school.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The number of out-of-school children is calculated by subtracting the number of primary school-age children enrolled in primary or secondary school from the total population of the official primary school-age children. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation