Panama - Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary

Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary in Panama was 11.54 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 32.41 in 1973, while its lowest value was 9.20 in 2010.

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

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

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Year Value
1970 19.97
1971 27.11
1972 27.37
1973 32.41
1974 24.32
1975 17.31
1976 21.35
1977 23.02
1978 14.12
1980 15.10
1981 14.57
1983 12.83
1984 15.96
1985 13.87
1986 17.35
1987 16.77
1988 15.48
1989 15.50
1990 16.00
1991 16.59
1992 16.93
1993 16.91
1994 14.93
1995 16.18
1996 16.26
1998 16.18
1999 14.39
2000 14.82
2001 14.10
2002 13.93
2003 12.53
2004 11.71
2005 11.04
2006 11.35
2007 10.87
2008 9.97
2009 10.01
2010 9.20
2011 9.94
2012 10.14
2014 9.91
2015 10.56
2016 11.54

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