South Asia - Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in South Asia was 27.19 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 32.47 in 2000, while its lowest value was 21.44 in 1973.

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 22.05
1971 22.04
1972 21.65
1973 21.44
1974 21.54
1975 21.66
1976 21.92
1977 22.32
1978 22.60
1979 23.02
1980 23.60
1981 23.93
1982 24.42
1983 24.86
1984 25.27
1985 25.84
1986 26.27
1987 26.63
1988 27.03
1989 27.45
1990 27.69
1991 28.19
1992 28.67
1993 29.30
1994 29.84
1995 30.40
1996 30.89
1997 31.41
1998 31.85
1999 32.34
2000 32.47
2001 32.35
2002 31.25
2003 31.09
2004 31.13
2005 29.40
2006 28.38
2007 27.30
2008 26.36
2009 25.24
2010 25.38
2011 25.97
2012 25.92
2013 29.92
2014 30.60
2015 30.45
2016 28.21
2017 26.97
2018 27.19

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