Other small states - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Other small states was 22.82 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 31.89 in 1975, while its lowest value was 22.82 in 2018.

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 31.50
1971 31.11
1972 31.14
1973 31.63
1974 31.86
1975 31.89
1976 31.69
1977 31.09
1978 30.42
1979 29.92
1980 29.70
1981 29.64
1982 29.80
1983 29.46
1984 29.74
1985 30.28
1986 30.39
1987 30.45
1988 30.12
1989 30.18
1990 30.31
1991 30.15
1992 29.80
1993 29.35
1994 29.48
1995 29.49
1996 29.35
1997 29.37
1998 29.48
1999 30.00
2000 29.78
2001 29.83
2002 29.11
2003 28.39
2004 28.28
2005 27.48
2006 27.20
2007 26.58
2008 25.97
2009 25.21
2010 24.98
2011 24.53
2012 23.76
2013 23.67
2014 23.98
2015 23.56
2016 23.28
2017 23.05
2018 22.82

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