Malta - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Malta was 12.94 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 25.51 in 1971, while its lowest value was 11.45 in 2012.

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 25.51
1972 25.10
1973 24.16
1974 18.96
1976 21.00
1977 20.19
1980 20.68
1981 21.50
1982 20.90
1983 20.70
1984 24.43
1985 23.25
1986 23.62
1987 23.88
1988 23.26
1989 21.78
1990 23.12
1991 22.96
1992 23.53
1993 22.84
1994 22.40
1995 21.98
1996 21.80
1997 21.12
1998 20.85
1999 19.63
2000 19.14
2001 19.00
2002 19.07
2003 18.17
2004 18.78
2005 18.41
2006 17.95
2007 16.85
2008 17.52
2010 14.29
2011 12.61
2012 11.45
2013 13.90
2014 13.38
2015 13.49
2016 13.03
2017 12.94

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