Brazil - Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary

Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary in Brazil was 19.24 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 20.53 in 2013, while its lowest value was 10.02 in 1970.

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
1970 10.02
1971 11.50
1972 11.95
1973 13.14
1974 14.81
1975 11.78
1976 12.34
1977 12.35
1978 12.00
1979 13.07
1980 12.84
1981 11.81
1982 11.78
1983 12.06
1986 12.38
1987 12.13
1988 11.98
1989 11.86
1990 11.70
1991 12.16
1992 11.84
1993 12.05
1994 12.13
1996 11.39
1998 13.35
1999 14.13
2000 15.18
2001 15.37
2002 14.77
2003 13.33
2004 13.63
2005 15.63
2007 14.34
2008 15.88
2009 17.94
2010 18.97
2011 19.39
2012 19.96
2013 20.53
2014 18.96
2015 19.32
2016 19.47
2017 19.24

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