China - Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in China was 13.26 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 23.00 in 1972, while its lowest value was 13.26 in 2018.

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
1970 20.60
1971 21.84
1972 23.00
1973 21.24
1974 19.94
1975 20.09
1976 20.96
1977 21.02
1978 20.92
1979 20.23
1980 18.88
1981 17.90
1982 16.67
1983 16.38
1984 16.42
1985 17.08
1986 17.00
1987 16.90
1988 16.36
1989 15.31
1990 14.61
1991 14.43
1992 14.52
1993 14.59
1994 14.48
1995 15.07
1996 15.56
1997 16.19
2000 17.11
2001 18.92
2002 18.93
2003 18.61
2006 17.55
2007 16.37
2008 15.99
2009 15.72
2010 15.46
2011 15.15
2012 14.50
2013 15.14
2014 14.28
2015 13.82
2016 13.50
2017 13.31
2018 13.26

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