Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary - Country Ranking - Europe

Definition: Lower secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in lower secondary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 United Kingdom 17.35 2017
2 Turkey 17.12 2017
3 France 14.68 2013
4 Netherlands 13.82 2017
5 Bulgaria 12.72 2017
6 Spain 11.88 2017
7 Czech Republic 11.27 2013
8 Sweden 11.26 2017
9 Romania 11.17 2017
10 Germany 11.09 2017
11 Slovak Republic 10.89 2017
12 Italy 10.18 2017
13 Denmark 10.15 2014
14 Luxembourg 10.14 2016
15 Iceland 9.88 2015
16 Albania 9.88 2018
17 Moldova 9.77 2018
18 Hungary 9.72 2016
19 Portugal 9.54 2017
20 Cyprus 8.95 2017
21 Finland 8.93 2017
22 Belgium 8.69 2017
23 Estonia 8.64 2017
24 Poland 8.64 2017
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.49 2018
26 Switzerland 8.42 2017
27 Belarus 8.42 2018
28 Norway 7.97 2017
29 Greece 7.80 2017
30 Serbia 7.80 2018
31 North Macedonia 7.78 2017
32 Austria 7.73 2017
33 Croatia 7.56 2016
34 Latvia 7.48 2017
35 Lithuania 7.45 2017
36 Monaco 7.29 2019
37 Andorra 7.26 2012
38 Malta 6.43 2017
39 San Marino 6.28 2018
40 Slovenia 5.91 2016
41 Liechtenstein 5.60 2017

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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