Nicaragua - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Nicaragua was 30.22 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 40.29 in 1973, while its lowest value was 29.19 in 2008.

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 37.32
1971 37.45
1972 37.56
1973 40.29
1974 38.21
1975 38.74
1976 38.17
1977 37.74
1978 37.02
1979 34.60
1980 35.45
1982 36.10
1983 35.01
1984 34.40
1985 33.28
1986 32.37
1987 32.18
1988 33.74
1989 31.77
1990 33.27
1991 36.15
1992 37.24
1993 37.03
1994 37.14
1995 38.01
1996 36.29
1997 35.67
1998 37.18
1999 34.39
2000 35.66
2001 36.72
2002 35.21
2003 34.47
2004 35.02
2005 33.56
2006 33.27
2007 30.56
2008 29.19
2010 30.22

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