Panama - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Panama was 15.39 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 30.22 in 1970, while its lowest value was 15.04 in 2016.

Definition: Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary school.

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

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Year Value
1970 30.22
1971 24.81
1972 23.99
1973 27.26
1974 26.57
1975 27.13
1976 29.33
1977 28.65
1978 24.12
1979 27.23
1980 28.12
1981 26.58
1982 25.52
1983 25.44
1984 24.77
1985 24.53
1986 24.22
1987 23.31
1988 23.24
1989 23.41
1990 21.74
1991 22.12
1992 22.90
1993 23.05
1994 22.31
1995 21.99
1996 22.77
1999 19.15
2000 19.24
2001 18.73
2002 20.46
2004 17.55
2005 19.83
2006 19.12
2007 18.38
2008 17.86
2009 17.95
2010 17.33
2011 18.74
2012 17.49
2013 18.63
2014 20.38
2015 18.41
2016 15.04
2017 15.39

Development Relevance: The pupil-teacher ratio is often used to compare the quality of schooling across countries, but it is often weakly related to student learning and quality of education.

Limitations and Exceptions: The comparability of pupil-teacher ratios across countries is affected by the definition of teachers and by differences in class size by grade and in the number of hours taught, as well as the different practices countries employ such as part-time teachers, school shifts, and multi-grade classes. Moreover, the underlying enrollment levels are subject to a variety of reporting errors.

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: Pupil-teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the number of students at the specified level of education by the number of teachers at the same level of education. 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. 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: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs