Greece - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Greece was 10.44 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 31.96 in 1972, while its lowest value was 10.44 in 2017.

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
1971 31.70
1972 31.96
1973 30.19
1974 29.00
1975 27.24
1976 26.19
1977 26.23
1978 24.09
1979 23.56
1980 22.87
1981 22.40
1982 21.98
1983 22.22
1984 22.27
1985 21.70
1986 21.02
1987 20.01
1988 19.55
1989 18.16
1990 17.06
1991 16.25
1992 16.12
1993 16.50
1994 15.81
1995 15.56
1996 14.92
1997 15.10
1998 15.85
1999 15.90
2000 15.82
2001 14.50
2002 13.95
2003 13.22
2004 12.75
2005 12.49
2006 12.36
2007 11.92
2013 11.91
2014 11.78
2015 10.90
2016 10.72
2017 10.44

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