Thailand - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Thailand was 16.64 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 34.67 in 1971, while its lowest value was 15.39 in 2014.

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

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

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Year Value
1971 34.67
1974 30.10
1975 30.15
1976 27.96
1977 30.22
1978 28.88
1983 20.68
1984 19.79
1985 19.47
1987 20.07
1988 20.29
1989 20.23
1990 20.27
1991 22.11
1992 20.13
1993 19.81
1994 20.52
1996 18.83
1998 18.73
1999 20.57
2000 20.79
2001 19.09
2002 18.56
2006 18.27
2007 17.72
2008 15.99
2010 16.26
2011 15.78
2012 16.28
2014 15.39
2015 16.88
2016 16.66
2017 16.89
2018 16.64

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