Kuwait - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Kuwait was 8.33 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 18.86 in 1971, while its lowest value was 8.33 in 2018.

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 18.86
1972 18.16
1973 16.48
1974 16.31
1975 16.67
1976 18.55
1977 17.70
1978 17.30
1979 18.39
1980 17.42
1981 17.67
1982 17.27
1983 17.08
1984 17.16
1985 17.56
1986 16.87
1987 17.60
1988 17.25
1989 17.75
1990 18.16
1991 16.12
1992 15.87
1993 18.10
1994 16.92
1995 16.75
1996 15.71
1997 15.08
1998 15.48
1999 15.11
2000 15.70
2001 14.49
2002 14.28
2003 13.42
2004 13.22
2005 13.17
2006 12.37
2007 11.90
2008 11.44
2010 11.05
2011 11.02
2012 10.74
2013 10.33
2014 9.70
2015 9.23
2016 9.17
2017 8.73
2018 8.33

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