Kiribati - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Kiribati was 25.49 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 33.10 in 1975, while its lowest value was 22.44 in 2002.

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
1972 26.29
1973 31.11
1975 33.10
1976 30.60
1977 31.45
1978 31.42
1979 30.75
1980 30.43
1981 29.94
1982 30.75
1983 30.05
1984 28.01
1985 29.22
1986 28.55
1987 29.10
1988 29.52
1989 28.25
1990 28.62
1991 29.21
1992 29.39
1993 30.38
1994 31.00
1995 27.27
1996 23.61
1997 24.20
1998 24.38
1999 24.66
2000 31.67
2001 23.63
2002 22.44
2003 26.51
2004 24.66
2005 24.67
2006 26.55
2007 24.67
2008 25.00
2014 26.37
2016 25.73
2017 25.49

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