Other small states - Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in Other small states was 13.96 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 15.85 in 1977, while its lowest value was 13.70 in 2017.

Definition: Secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in secondary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 15.49
1971 15.26
1972 15.15
1973 15.34
1974 15.49
1975 15.73
1976 15.82
1977 15.85
1978 15.62
1979 15.44
1980 15.36
1981 15.13
1982 15.09
1983 14.99
1984 14.95
1985 14.95
1986 14.95
1987 14.95
1988 14.97
1989 15.06
1990 14.81
1991 15.08
1992 15.24
1993 15.43
1994 15.38
1995 15.04
1996 15.38
1997 15.72
1998 15.68
1999 15.76
2000 15.64
2001 15.67
2002 15.78
2003 15.71
2004 15.60
2005 15.76
2006 15.69
2007 15.54
2008 15.36
2009 15.24
2010 15.02
2011 15.02
2012 14.83
2013 14.66
2014 14.70
2015 14.45
2016 13.77
2017 13.70
2018 13.96

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