Pupil-trained-teacher ratio, primary education
Average number of pupils per trained teacher (a teacher who has received the minimum organised pedagogical teacher training pre- or in-service required for teaching at the primary level) in primary education.
Data table
| Year | Nepal (pupils per trained teacher) |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 260.3 |
| 2001 | 240.8 |
| 2002 | 271.6 |
| 2003 | 219.7 |
| 2004 | 206.1 |
| 2005 | 130.1 |
| 2007 | 65.22 |
| 2008 | 56.92 |
| 2010 | 43.33 |
| 2011 | 36.68 |
| 2012 | 29.75 |
| 2013 | 27.81 |
| 2014 | 25.58 |
| 2015 | 24 |
| 2016 | 21.85 |
| 2017 | 21.49 |
| 2019 | 20.29 |
| 2020 | 18 |
| 2021 | 17.66 |
| 2023 | 23.17 |
| 2024 | 22.78 |
| 2025 | 23.63 |
Per-source values, 2025
| Source | Dataset | Value | Year | Snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNESCO Institute for Statistics | UIS | 23.63 | 2025 | 2026-08-08 |
Caveats
Ratio to *trained* teachers specifically (UIS also publishes a pupil-to-qualified-teacher variant, PTRHC.1.QUALIFIED, not curated here), so it is more sensitive to teacher-training-policy changes than a plain headcount pupil-teacher ratio would be. Nepal's early values are genuinely extreme (over 260 pupils per trained teacher around 2000-2002, reflecting how few teachers then held formal training) and fall to a much more typical ~18-24 by the 2020s as training coverage expanded -- the wide plausible_range is intentional, not a data-quality hedge.