Cambodia - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Cambodia was 41.70 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 56.29 in 2002, while its lowest value was 16.85 in 1971.

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 16.85
1973 23.54
1981 43.81
1982 48.26
1983 45.82
1984 42.41
1985 38.10
1986 37.50
1987 35.21
1988 34.30
1989 35.57
1990 34.95
1991 32.57
1994 43.11
1995 45.03
1997 44.42
1998 46.48
1999 47.76
2000 50.12
2001 52.95
2002 56.29
2003 56.24
2004 55.05
2005 53.21
2006 50.42
2007 50.88
2008 48.54
2009 49.08
2010 48.45
2011 47.29
2012 45.72
2013 46.93
2014 44.63
2015 45.52
2016 42.53
2017 41.66
2018 41.70

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