Peru - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Peru was 17.39 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 40.10 in 1976, while its lowest value was 17.39 in 2018.

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 35.49
1971 36.00
1972 36.22
1973 37.05
1974 37.55
1975 39.10
1976 40.10
1977 40.00
1978 39.73
1979 38.80
1980 37.47
1981 37.42
1982 38.19
1983 34.94
1984 34.40
1985 34.82
1986 33.20
1987 31.83
1988 30.50
1989 29.23
1990 29.08
1991 28.64
1992 28.23
1993 26.92
1994 27.65
1995 28.25
1996 27.43
1997 27.04
1998 25.27
1999 28.76
2000 28.74
2001 29.28
2002 25.09
2003 23.96
2004 23.30
2005 23.03
2006 21.88
2007 21.79
2008 20.88
2009 20.16
2010 19.68
2011 19.56
2012 19.19
2013 18.08
2014 17.66
2015 17.98
2016 18.32
2017 17.94
2018 17.39

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