Malaysia - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Malaysia was 11.66 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 31.90 in 1975, while its lowest value was 11.41 in 2014.

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
1970 30.98
1975 31.90
1977 31.50
1978 30.93
1979 30.90
1980 27.27
1981 26.38
1982 25.97
1983 25.96
1984 25.65
1985 24.05
1987 22.22
1988 21.34
1989 21.37
1990 20.38
1991 20.14
1992 20.13
1993 20.02
1994 19.70
1995 19.94
1996 19.42
1998 21.80
1999 20.36
2000 19.56
2001 19.67
2002 18.92
2003 17.51
2004 17.49
2005 16.90
2006 15.66
2007 14.98
2008 14.44
2009 13.14
2010 12.60
2011 12.32
2012 12.00
2013 11.83
2014 11.41
2015 11.52
2016 11.61
2017 11.66

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