Latvia - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Latvia was 11.54 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 19.96 in 1987, while its lowest value was 10.45 in 2009.

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
1981 19.91
1982 19.84
1983 19.79
1984 19.33
1985 18.76
1986 18.07
1987 19.96
1988 19.22
1989 18.09
1990 14.58
1991 15.13
1992 15.45
1993 13.86
1994 14.16
1995 13.17
1996 13.51
1997 13.48
1998 15.45
1999 15.39
2000 15.10
2001 14.99
2002 14.34
2003 13.70
2004 12.98
2005 12.20
2006 11.76
2007 11.04
2008 11.11
2009 10.45
2010 11.88
2011 11.41
2012 11.01
2013 11.16
2014 11.09
2015 11.13
2016 11.33
2017 11.54

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