Panama - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Panama was 21.96 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 28.39 in 1976, while its lowest value was 21.44 in 2016.

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

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

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Year Value
1970 27.07
1971 26.44
1972 25.87
1973 26.81
1974 27.07
1975 26.86
1976 28.39
1977 27.22
1978 26.35
1979 24.78
1980 27.31
1981 26.61
1982 26.20
1983 26.00
1984 25.58
1985 25.46
1986 22.25
1987 22.51
1988 23.04
1989 23.26
1990 23.02
1999 26.08
2000 24.74
2001 24.33
2002 24.28
2004 24.04
2005 24.23
2006 24.50
2007 24.54
2008 24.24
2009 23.62
2010 23.46
2011 23.01
2012 22.61
2013 22.35
2014 21.99
2015 21.89
2016 21.44
2017 21.96

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