Panama - Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in Panama was 13.58 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 27.63 in 1978, while its lowest value was 13.33 in 2015.

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

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

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Year Value
1970 20.74
1971 19.46
1972 19.61
1973 20.63
1974 21.29
1975 23.51
1976 25.29
1977 26.25
1978 27.63
1979 27.48
1980 21.05
1981 20.22
1982 19.59
1983 19.21
1984 19.15
1985 19.06
1986 18.97
1987 18.85
1988 19.41
1989 19.02
1990 20.08
1991 19.82
1992 19.11
1993 18.81
1994 18.25
1995 18.30
1996 18.06
1999 16.00
2000 16.26
2001 16.08
2002 16.09
2004 15.76
2005 15.63
2006 15.77
2007 15.47
2008 15.39
2009 14.66
2010 15.34
2011 14.69
2013 15.52
2014 13.59
2015 13.33
2016 14.50
2017 13.58

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