Ecuador - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Ecuador was 24.26 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 38.20 in 1974, while its lowest value was 21.90 in 2011.

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
1971 36.98
1972 37.09
1973 37.53
1974 38.20
1975 37.49
1976 37.68
1977 35.90
1978 35.54
1979 37.28
1980 36.41
1981 36.17
1982 34.98
1983 36.12
1984 33.32
1985 32.25
1986 32.39
1987 32.21
1988 31.24
1989 29.27
1990 30.41
1991 30.25
1992 31.64
1993 31.36
1994 27.58
1995 26.35
1996 25.83
1997 25.31
1998 24.53
1999 23.69
2000 23.25
2001 23.07
2002 24.47
2003 23.73
2004 23.13
2005 22.90
2006 22.52
2007 22.57
2009 23.19
2010 21.98
2011 21.90
2012 22.08
2013 23.30
2014 24.71
2015 25.11
2016 25.10
2017 24.48
2018 24.26

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