Qatar - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Qatar was 14.83 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 37.74 in 1976, while its lowest value was 13.92 in 2014.

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 14.60
1972 23.88
1973 19.15
1974 14.23
1975 30.90
1976 37.74
1977 23.84
1978 26.52
1979 27.00
1982 21.72
1983 24.26
1984 23.11
1985 22.33
1986 19.67
1987 29.08
1988 18.82
1989 17.74
1990 17.05
1991 18.22
1992 15.92
1993 16.97
1994 22.98
1995 22.47
1996 21.86
1999 20.62
2000 20.63
2001 17.24
2002 16.52
2003 16.05
2004 15.16
2005 16.55
2006 17.89
2007 17.01
2008 16.57
2009 15.28
2011 14.66
2013 15.42
2014 13.92
2015 14.17
2016 14.54
2017 14.40
2018 14.83

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