Jordan - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Jordan was 17.56 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 40.27 in 1972, while its lowest value was 16.38 in 2013.

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
1971 35.82
1972 40.27
1973 38.26
1974 37.43
1975 34.18
1976 33.01
1977 32.87
1978 31.92
1979 29.31
1980 26.85
1981 26.59
1982 28.38
1983 26.85
1984 26.26
1985 25.82
1986 20.92
1987 23.94
1988 20.93
1989 23.77
1990 23.52
1991 23.21
1992 23.37
1993 25.93
1994 23.12
1995 22.45
1996 22.21
1997 22.40
1998 20.75
1999 22.21
2000 21.88
2002 21.15
2003 20.27
2004 20.36
2005 20.35
2006 20.35
2007 19.29
2008 20.69
2010 18.43
2011 16.94
2012 16.94
2013 16.38
2014 17.73
2015 17.14
2016 16.95
2017 17.88
2018 17.56

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