Mongolia - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Mongolia was 33.15 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 33.34 in 2017, while its lowest value was 11.48 in 1995.

Definition: Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 20.56
1972 27.12
1973 25.77
1975 18.69
1976 21.76
1977 25.41
1978 25.56
1979 27.67
1980 27.60
1981 27.47
1983 28.34
1986 28.33
1987 29.69
1988 28.37
1989 29.28
1990 26.48
1991 25.94
1992 23.41
1993 22.96
1994 18.99
1995 11.48
1996 12.15
1997 12.27
1998 13.09
1999 24.63
2000 26.33
2001 25.70
2002 26.31
2003 26.96
2004 27.61
2005 24.15
2006 29.02
2007 29.03
2008 25.28
2009 24.17
2010 24.52
2011 26.25
2012 27.18
2016 32.99
2017 33.34
2018 33.15

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