Turkey - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Turkey was 17.20 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 27.43 in 2009, while its lowest value was 15.28 in 1999.

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 22.71
1972 23.14
1973 21.69
1974 19.82
1975 21.12
1978 18.39
1979 18.50
1981 17.90
1982 20.01
1983 19.74
1984 19.81
1985 24.81
1986 19.96
1987 16.58
1988 16.67
1989 16.23
1990 15.47
1991 16.83
1992 16.64
1993 15.84
1994 16.09
1995 16.28
1997 17.52
1998 17.59
1999 15.28
2000 16.03
2001 15.62
2002 15.93
2003 16.91
2004 18.75
2005 19.74
2006 26.31
2007 25.87
2008 27.09
2009 27.43
2010 22.96
2011 23.09
2012 20.93
2013 17.13
2014 16.73
2015 17.00
2017 17.20

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