Korea - Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary

Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary in Korea was 14.28 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 42.44 in 1986, while its lowest value was 14.28 in 2017.

Definition: Tertiary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in tertiary school.

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

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Year Value
1971 19.30
1972 19.65
1973 19.08
1974 19.75
1975 20.79
1976 20.81
1977 24.25
1978 24.97
1979 26.31
1980 28.10
1981 30.58
1982 34.07
1983 37.26
1984 39.92
1985 41.59
1986 42.44
1987 41.88
1988 26.99
1989 26.08
1990 23.50
1991 23.18
1992 22.74
1993 23.07
1994 22.77
1995 22.15
1996 21.46
1997 20.82
1998 20.82
1999 20.73
2000 20.83
2001 20.75
2002 19.62
2003 18.68
2004 18.31
2005 16.85
2006 16.64
2007 15.90
2008 15.39
2009 14.93
2010 14.69
2011 14.59
2012 14.60
2013 14.66
2014 14.78
2015 14.52
2016 14.55
2017 14.28

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