Qualified primary teachers in Panama

In Panama, 99.2% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2017.

Measure: Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education Unit: % of primary teachers Data: 1999 to 2017 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Panama is for 2017. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Panama, 2017 99.2% % of primary teachers
Change from 2016 0percentage points 2016: 99.2%

Qualified primary teachers in Panama over time

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% of primary teachers. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education (% of primary teachers), 2001 to 2017
Period Panama
2017 99.2%
2016 99.2%
2015 99.2%
2014 83.2%
2012 90.4%
2011 91.5%
2010 91.6%
2009 91.5%
2008 91.3%
2007 90.8%
2006 91.1%
2005 89.6%
2004 74.3%
2002 75.3%
2001 75.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2016.
  • Since 2006, when it was 91.1%, the figure has changed by +8.1 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
TRTP.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1999 to 2017 for Panama
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org