Nepal - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Nepal was 19.74 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 47.64 in 1981, while its lowest value was 19.21 in 1972.

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 21.67
1972 19.21
1973 20.82
1974 26.84
1975 28.74
1976 30.99
1977 32.87
1978 35.51
1979 38.38
1980 38.41
1981 47.64
1982 45.71
1983 42.65
1984 37.60
1985 35.35
1986 34.78
1987 35.37
1988 36.86
1989 39.51
1990 39.16
1991 38.72
1992 38.93
1993 38.85
1994 39.14
1995 39.48
1996 38.57
1997 37.84
1999 39.05
2000 38.04
2001 37.02
2002 39.87
2003 35.66
2004 35.83
2005 39.71
2007 40.02
2008 37.82
2009 33.31
2010 31.92
2011 29.61
2012 27.53
2013 25.63
2014 23.93
2015 23.10
2016 22.42
2017 20.91
2019 19.74

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