Saudi Arabia - Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary

Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary in Saudi Arabia was 18.97 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 22.91 in 2004, while its lowest value was 8.33 in 1981.

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

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

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Year Value
1971 12.18
1972 9.71
1973 10.11
1974 10.24
1975 10.88
1976 12.39
1977 11.03
1978 11.07
1979 10.09
1980 9.73
1981 8.33
1982 8.78
1983 9.18
1984 9.04
1985 9.80
1986 10.39
1987 9.94
1989 11.03
1990 11.91
1991 11.61
1992 14.01
1993 13.01
1994 13.97
1996 16.81
1997 17.27
1998 17.81
1999 18.86
2000 19.91
2001 20.91
2002 20.29
2003 22.49
2004 22.91
2005 22.50
2006 22.76
2007 20.71
2008 19.96
2009 19.23
2010 18.24
2011 18.85
2012 20.29
2013 20.97
2014 20.28
2015 19.85
2016 20.34
2017 20.04
2018 18.97

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