Ecuador - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Ecuador was 19.32 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 34.87 in 1972, while its lowest value was 14.51 in 2001.

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

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

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Year Value
1971 32.99
1972 34.87
1973 31.65
1974 34.32
1975 32.99
1976 30.67
1977 32.08
1978 32.22
1979 30.69
1980 26.98
1981 27.35
1982 28.43
1983 28.30
1984 28.84
1985 24.10
1986 24.35
1987 24.20
1988 22.78
1989 21.89
1990 20.86
1991 18.25
1992 21.22
1993 22.12
1994 17.83
1995 16.51
1996 15.69
1997 15.71
1998 15.24
1999 17.84
2000 14.56
2001 14.51
2002 18.02
2003 17.25
2004 16.65
2005 17.03
2006 17.20
2007 16.84
2008 18.64
2009 20.49
2010 20.10
2011 20.66
2012 21.27
2013 21.81
2014 22.44
2015 21.73
2016 21.40
2017 20.38
2018 19.32

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