Indonesia - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Indonesia was 12.68 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 32.92 in 1982, while its lowest value was 11.74 in 2008.

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

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

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Year Value
1970 32.64
1971 26.22
1972 23.09
1973 24.14
1974 23.24
1975 24.20
1976 23.68
1977 23.67
1978 24.77
1979 25.70
1980 27.09
1981 27.10
1982 32.92
1983 26.73
1984 26.41
1985 21.84
1986 21.57
1987 18.56
1988 18.89
1989 19.26
1990 16.84
1991 17.37
1992 17.28
1993 17.58
1994 16.70
1995 16.96
1996 16.81
1997 17.29
1998 17.74
2000 16.85
2001 15.88
2002 15.10
2003 14.60
2004 13.33
2005 15.57
2006 15.57
2007 13.32
2008 11.74
2009 12.37
2010 13.00
2011 13.37
2012 15.23
2013 14.93
2014 12.51
2017 12.68
2018 12.68

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