Qatar - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Qatar was 12.17 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 20.26 in 1975, while its lowest value was 8.91 in 1995.

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 19.46
1972 19.94
1973 20.21
1974 19.76
1975 20.26
1976 18.86
1977 18.35
1978 16.53
1979 14.91
1980 13.98
1981 14.82
1982 14.16
1983 13.88
1984 12.84
1985 13.22
1986 12.88
1987 13.53
1988 12.16
1989 12.08
1990 12.30
1991 11.35
1992 10.61
1993 9.98
1994 9.20
1995 8.91
1996 9.15
1998 10.55
1999 13.12
2001 12.59
2002 12.35
2003 11.69
2005 11.11
2006 10.68
2007 11.11
2008 12.50
2009 11.22
2010 12.03
2011 11.28
2012 9.60
2013 10.00
2014 11.21
2015 11.63
2016 11.63
2017 11.77
2018 12.17

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