Armenia: Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Key figures

Since 1991 it is down 12.75% from 17.67 in 1991 (0.5% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 14 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.43 in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.04 in 1997. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2018, Armenia had the 63rd highest value of the 83 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Armenia in the 2018 ranking

• Cayman Islands — 59th of 83: 15.75
• Tuvalu — 60th of 83: 15.58
• Azerbaijan — 61st of 83: 15.43
• St. Lucia — 63rd of 83: 14.74
• Seychelles — 64th of 83: 14.49
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 65th of 83: 14.39

What this measures

Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary school.

Limitations: 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.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 14 values

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in nearby economies

• Albania — 17.57 (2018)
• Andorra — 10.5 (2018)
• Austria — 10.02 (2017)
• Azerbaijan — 15.43 (2018)
• Belarus — 19.23 (2018)
• Belgium — 11.28 (2017)
• Bulgaria — 15.21 (2017)
• Croatia — 13.51 (2016)
• Cyprus — 12.04 (2017)
• Estonia — 11.31 (2017)
• Finland — 13.67 (2017)
• Georgia

More education data for Armenia

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 4 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 10 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 8 (2025)
• School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 52.77% (2024)
• Primary education, pupils — 160,885 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 101.99% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 101.02% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 102.89% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

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Questions people ask

What is Armenia's pupil-teacher ratio, primary?

15.42 in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1991?

It is down 12.75% from 17.67 in 1991 (0.5% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 21.24 in 2006 and the lowest 15.42 in 2018.

How does Armenia rank?

63rd highest of 83 economies with data for 2018.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.ENRL.TC.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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