Caribbean small states - Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in Caribbean small states was 15.11 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 24.08 in 1973, while its lowest value was 14.75 in 2017.

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

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

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Year Value
1973 24.08
1974 23.92
1975 23.98
1976 23.58
1977 23.47
1978 23.53
1979 23.40
1980 23.13
1981 23.34
1982 22.93
1983 22.75
1984 22.67
1985 23.09
1986 21.21
1987 21.35
1988 21.32
1989 21.21
1990 21.43
1991 22.28
1992 21.43
1993 20.65
1994 19.17
1995 20.74
1996 20.12
1997 18.85
1998 18.48
1999 18.17
2000 17.96
2001 17.99
2002 17.92
2003 18.04
2004 17.58
2005 17.55
2006 17.71
2007 17.85
2008 17.04
2009 16.12
2010 15.34
2011 16.24
2012 16.41
2013 15.82
2014 15.70
2015 15.37
2016 15.84
2017 14.75
2018 15.11

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