Uruguay | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary school. 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. 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).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Records
63
Source
Uruguay | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
29.48589 1970
28.64984 1971
25.66373 1972
25.42803 1973
22.93522 1974
23.76967 1975
23.42196 1976
23.70194 1977
23.57919 1978
23.81625 1979
22.43005 1980
21.48804 1981
21.59081 1982
20.55518 1983
23.32668 1984
25.08293 1985
21.89014 1986
1987
23.17514 1988
22.14033 1989
21.88766 1990
21.64152 1991
20.63866 1992
19.90489 1993
21.39486 1994
20.08104 1995
20.4869 1996
21.59529 1997
20.6103 1998
20.43957 1999
20.75667 2000
20.77524 2001
21.1696 2002
20.82538 2003
20.53409 2004
20.15194 2005
19.64452 2006
15.50977 2007
15.00998 2008
13.98624 2009
13.79403 2010
2011
2012
11.9642 2013
11.46753 2014
11.76053 2015
11.13129 2016
11.0193 2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Uruguay | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary school. 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. 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).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Records
63
Source