Guatemala - Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in Guatemala was 10.49 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 18.62 in 1979, while its lowest value was 10.49 in 2018.

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
1970 13.79
1971 14.61
1972 15.88
1973 15.38
1974 15.72
1975 16.56
1976 14.36
1977 14.39
1978 18.48
1979 18.62
1980 17.88
1981 14.39
1982 13.75
1983 13.72
1984 14.02
1985 13.95
1986 13.46
1991 14.24
1993 15.97
1994 15.91
1995 15.63
1996 16.60
1998 14.70
1999 13.25
2000 14.03
2001 13.69
2002 13.69
2004 15.39
2005 15.75
2006 16.20
2007 16.11
2008 16.57
2009 15.99
2010 13.98
2011 13.54
2012 13.66
2013 12.32
2014 12.66
2016 12.40
2017 10.51
2018 10.49

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