Turkey - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Turkey was 16.98 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 37.80 in 1971, while its lowest value was 16.98 in 2017.

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 37.80
1972 36.11
1973 33.13
1974 34.03
1975 33.55
1976 31.95
1977 30.16
1978 29.62
1979 29.79
1981 26.62
1982 27.54
1983 28.55
1984 31.10
1985 31.15
1986 31.20
1987 30.91
1988 31.14
1989 30.63
1990 30.48
1991 30.38
1992 29.28
1993 28.46
1994 27.43
1995 27.75
2012 20.13
2013 19.83
2014 19.33
2015 18.41
2017 16.98

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