Ecuador - Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in Ecuador was 20.62 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 23.03 in 2014, while its lowest value was 11.55 in 1998.

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
1971 13.81
1972 14.84
1973 15.14
1974 15.27
1975 15.97
1976 16.36
1977 16.29
1978 16.58
1979 13.92
1980 17.04
1981 16.98
1982 17.01
1983 16.50
1984 16.04
1985 16.04
1986 15.37
1987 15.08
1988 14.41
1993 12.99
1996 11.96
1998 11.55
2000 13.58
2001 13.58
2002 13.58
2003 13.27
2004 13.34
2005 13.90
2006 14.36
2007 14.66
2009 20.52
2010 19.95
2011 20.90
2012 21.96
2013 23.01
2014 23.03
2015 22.35
2016 21.95
2017 21.00
2018 20.62

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