Costa Rica vs Panama: Pupil-qualified teacher ratio in lower secondary
Pupil-qualified teacher ratio in lower secondary over time
- Costa Rica
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 17.47 headcount basis against 13.53 headcount basis in Costa Rica, a difference of 3.94 headcount basis.
That makes Panama's figure about 1.3 times Costa Rica's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Panama has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 18th and Panama ranks 16th of 31 countries.
Panama has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pupil-qualified teacher ratio in lower secondary, Costa Rica or Panama?
- Panama, at 17.47 headcount basis against 13.53 headcount basis in Costa Rica as of 2017.
- What is the difference in pupil-qualified teacher ratio in lower secondary between Costa Rica and Panama?
- 3.94 headcount basis, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Panama?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2013 to 2017.
- How do Costa Rica and Panama rank globally for pupil-qualified teacher ratio in lower secondary?
- Costa Rica ranks 18th and Panama ranks 16th of 31 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Pupil-qualified teacher ratio in lower secondary (headcount basis). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of pupils per qualified teacher at a given level of education, based on headcounts of both pupils and teachers. Divide the total number of pupils enrolled at the specified level of education by the number of qualified teachers at the same level. A qualified teacher is one who has the minimum academic qualifications necessary to teach at a specific level of education in a given country. This is usually related to the subject(s) they teach. In computing and interpreting this indicator, one should take into account the existence of part-time teaching, school-shifts, multi-grade classes and other practices that may affect the precision and meaningfulness of pupil-teacher ratios. When feasible, the number of part-time teachers is converted to ‘full-time equivalent’ teachers; a double-shift teacher is counted twice, etc. Teachers are defined as persons whose professional activity involves the transmitting of knowledge, attitudes and skills that are stipulated in a formal curriculum programme to students enrolled in a formal educational institution.