Fragile and conflict affected situations - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 25.13 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 27.29 in 2012, while its lowest value was 22.35 in 1997.

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
1986 24.52
1987 24.92
1988 24.77
1989 24.68
1990 24.49
1991 24.35
1992 24.27
1993 23.94
1994 23.69
1995 23.32
1996 23.23
1997 22.35
1998 22.75
1999 22.56
2000 22.86
2001 23.97
2002 23.65
2003 24.24
2004 24.38
2005 24.36
2006 24.23
2007 22.89
2008 24.52
2009 25.56
2010 24.57
2011 24.78
2012 27.29
2013 27.17
2014 26.43
2015 26.05
2016 25.37
2017 25.06
2018 25.13

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