Greece - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Greece was 9.38 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 32.24 in 1973, while its lowest value was 9.20 in 2012.

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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Year Value
1971 30.93
1972 30.87
1973 32.24
1974 30.98
1975 30.46
1976 30.23
1977 28.74
1978 26.91
1979 25.81
1980 24.82
1981 24.14
1982 23.49
1983 23.86
1984 24.13
1985 23.45
1986 23.37
1987 22.81
1988 22.19
1989 21.14
1990 19.65
1991 18.66
1992 18.25
1993 17.82
1994 16.53
1995 16.09
1996 14.96
1997 13.94
1998 13.61
1999 13.54
2000 13.41
2001 12.73
2002 12.52
2003 11.94
2004 11.26
2005 11.06
2006 10.54
2007 10.29
2012 9.20
2013 9.49
2014 9.45
2015 9.64
2016 9.27
2017 9.38

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