Fragile and conflict affected situations - Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 19.02 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 22.71 in 1978, while its lowest value was 18.05 in 1991.

Definition: Secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in secondary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 21.23
1971 21.57
1972 21.34
1973 21.32
1974 21.73
1975 22.09
1976 22.17
1977 22.43
1978 22.71
1979 22.61
1980 22.25
1981 22.37
1982 22.34
1983 21.78
1984 21.26
1985 21.23
1986 20.51
1987 19.76
1988 19.08
1989 18.79
1990 18.22
1991 18.05
1992 18.14
1993 18.10
1994 18.45
1995 18.78
1996 19.28
1997 19.77
1998 20.30
1999 20.81
2000 20.58
2001 20.37
2002 20.31
2003 20.05
2004 20.44
2005 20.20
2006 20.10
2007 19.49
2008 19.77
2009 19.66
2010 19.65
2011 19.51
2012 19.41
2013 19.32
2014 19.39
2015 19.17
2016 19.04
2017 19.01
2018 19.02

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