Caribbean small states - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Caribbean small states was 18.93 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 35.73 in 1971, while its lowest value was 18.23 in 2017.

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 35.19
1971 35.73
1972 33.79
1973 33.75
1974 33.48
1975 32.75
1976 32.24
1977 31.37
1978 31.77
1979 32.66
1980 31.06
1981 30.63
1982 29.94
1983 28.03
1984 28.15
1985 27.89
1986 27.39
1987 27.82
1988 27.37
1989 27.22
1990 27.38
1991 27.35
1992 27.19
1993 26.53
1994 26.79
1995 26.65
1996 26.26
1997 25.88
1998 25.10
1999 24.01
2000 23.79
2001 23.57
2002 23.35
2003 22.88
2004 22.35
2005 21.89
2006 21.09
2007 20.09
2008 20.51
2009 19.88
2010 19.37
2011 19.61
2012 19.33
2013 18.73
2014 18.60
2015 18.62
2016 18.52
2017 18.23
2018 18.93

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