Turkey - Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary

Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary in Turkey was 47.44 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 47.44 in 2017, while its lowest value was 10.89 in 1982.

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

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

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Year Value
1971 18.40
1972 15.21
1973 15.51
1974 15.74
1975 19.16
1976 21.02
1977 21.00
1978 19.29
1979 16.40
1980 13.17
1981 11.41
1982 10.89
1983 12.92
1984 16.35
1985 19.01
1986 20.46
1987 20.72
1988 19.82
1989 20.98
1990 21.40
1991 21.76
1992 23.08
1993 24.01
1994 26.91
1995 26.64
1997 28.50
1998 24.99
1999 24.36
2001 23.68
2002 23.54
2003 25.21
2004 25.03
2005 25.66
2006 27.63
2007 27.47
2008 25.64
2009 29.10
2010 33.48
2011 34.24
2012 36.63
2013 38.08
2014 38.42
2015 40.72
2017 47.44

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