China - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in China was 16.43 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 29.29 in 1975, while its lowest value was 16.23 in 2014.

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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1970
1975
1980
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1990
1995
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2005
2010
2015
2020
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5.00
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15.00
20.00
25.00
30.00
35.00
Year Value
1970 28.87
1971 29.15
1972 27.38
1973 28.53
1974 29.00
1975 29.29
1976 29.01
1977 28.37
1978 27.97
1979 27.98
1980 27.25
1981 26.60
1982 25.69
1983 25.38
1984 25.03
1985 25.25
1986 24.87
1987 24.35
1988 23.62
1989 22.79
1990 22.32
1991 21.93
1992 21.99
1993 22.08
1994 22.37
1995 22.85
1996 23.30
1997 23.74
1998 24.16
2001 22.21
2006 18.25
2007 17.68
2008 17.55
2009 17.22
2010 16.84
2011 16.79
2012 16.85
2013 16.85
2014 16.23
2015 16.29
2016 16.55
2017 16.59
2018 16.43

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