China - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in China was 17.38 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 30.98 in 1996, while its lowest value was 17.38 in 2018.

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
1974 28.65
1975 25.10
1976 26.22
1977 27.13
1978 26.79
1979 28.44
1980 29.86
1981 28.02
1982 26.33
1983 26.81
1984 26.33
1985 26.36
1986 26.91
1987 26.93
1988 27.75
1989 27.66
1990 26.06
1991 26.31
1992 28.73
1993 29.79
1994 30.53
1995 30.52
1996 30.98
1997 30.01
1998 28.48
1999 27.45
2000 26.66
2001 26.20
2006 22.89
2007 22.43
2008 22.38
2009 22.71
2010 24.04
2011 23.15
2012 23.01
2013 22.27
2014 21.04
2015 19.93
2016 19.08
2017 18.06
2018 17.38

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