Kuwait - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Kuwait was 8.88 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 21.24 in 1971, while its lowest value was 8.38 in 2010.

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 21.24
1972 20.00
1973 19.28
1974 18.61
1975 17.78
1976 17.58
1977 17.21
1978 17.11
1979 17.55
1980 18.86
1981 18.54
1982 18.46
1983 19.19
1984 18.48
1985 18.06
1986 17.98
1987 18.20
1988 17.98
1989 18.03
1990 18.39
1991 17.77
1992 16.45
1993 16.33
1994 15.79
1995 14.55
1996 14.55
1997 14.08
1998 13.18
1999 13.45
2000 13.78
2001 13.48
2002 13.59
2003 13.29
2004 12.85
2005 12.06
2006 10.14
2007 9.61
2008 9.11
2009 8.56
2010 8.38
2011 8.61
2012 8.60
2013 8.61
2014 8.83
2015 8.86
2016 8.86
2017 8.86
2018 8.88

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