Mongolia - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Mongolia was 30.38 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 34.23 in 2005, while its lowest value was 22.45 in 1993.

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
1971 30.42
1972 31.21
1975 30.88
1980 31.53
1981 32.30
1983 31.94
1986 30.23
1987 30.87
1988 30.70
1989 30.12
1990 29.80
1991 28.11
1992 24.81
1993 22.45
1994 22.56
1995 23.72
1996 24.84
1997 30.87
1998 31.67
1999 32.45
2000 32.58
2001 32.29
2002 31.78
2003 30.77
2004 32.87
2005 34.23
2006 33.01
2007 31.60
2008 31.15
2009 30.36
2010 30.24
2011 29.32
2012 28.78
2013 27.59
2014 27.21
2015 28.22
2016 29.69
2017 30.38
2018 30.38

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