Guatemala - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Guatemala was 20.26 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 38.15 in 1999, while its lowest value was 20.18 in 2017.

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 35.97
1971 36.29
1972 36.28
1973 35.35
1974 34.89
1975 34.59
1976 33.59
1977 34.52
1978 34.76
1979 34.69
1980 33.80
1981 36.60
1982 34.68
1983 35.97
1984 36.34
1985 36.55
1986 35.51
1987 34.92
1991 33.99
1992 35.58
1993 31.52
1994 27.83
1995 33.63
1996 34.81
1997 34.32
1998 35.50
1999 38.15
2000 32.56
2001 30.00
2002 30.13
2004 30.89
2005 31.06
2006 30.95
2007 30.45
2008 29.43
2009 27.94
2010 26.87
2011 26.29
2012 25.54
2013 23.66
2014 22.98
2016 21.74
2017 20.18
2018 20.26

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