Colombia - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Colombia was 23.30 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 38.40 in 1971, while its lowest value was 23.29 in 1998.

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 38.21
1971 38.40
1972 34.57
1973 33.91
1974 32.88
1975 32.07
1976 32.25
1977 32.38
1978 32.51
1979 31.14
1980 30.56
1981 30.63
1982 29.83
1983 29.73
1984 29.61
1985 30.39
1986 29.45
1987 29.78
1988 29.84
1989 29.89
1990 29.92
1991 30.11
1992 27.86
1993 27.69
1994 25.86
1995 24.81
1996 25.36
1998 23.29
1999 24.02
2000 26.45
2001 26.02
2002 26.82
2004 27.95
2005 28.35
2006 28.18
2007 29.52
2008 29.40
2009 29.31
2010 28.13
2011 27.58
2012 25.05
2013 24.98
2014 24.29
2015 24.24
2016 24.32
2017 23.60
2018 23.30

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