Honduras - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Honduras was 25.60 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 39.66 in 1979, while its lowest value was 25.60 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 35.29
1971 35.84
1972 36.29
1973 35.92
1974 35.98
1975 35.32
1976 35.40
1977 34.54
1978 36.24
1979 39.66
1980 36.70
1981 39.03
1982 37.47
1983 37.10
1984 38.47
1986 39.09
1990 34.82
1991 38.05
1992 35.89
1993 37.29
1994 34.90
1995 34.79
1996 32.95
1997 33.14
1998 32.83
1999 31.73
2000 34.06
2004 32.90
2005 29.14
2006 27.93
2008 33.34
2009 33.88
2015 29.15
2016 28.37
2017 25.60

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