United Arab Emirates - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in United Arab Emirates was 24.52 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 27.31 in 1971, while its lowest value was 14.75 in 1975.

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 27.31
1972 23.69
1973 19.64
1974 17.18
1975 14.75
1976 16.36
1977 15.67
1978 16.05
1979 16.23
1980 16.26
1981 16.34
1982 21.48
1983 21.78
1984 24.01
1985 24.20
1986 24.84
1987 24.36
1988 24.97
1989 18.35
1990 18.08
1991 18.28
1992 17.63
1993 17.11
1994 17.02
1995 17.00
1996 16.54
1997 16.07
1998 15.86
1999 16.02
2000 16.15
2001 15.95
2002 15.28
2003 15.22
2004 15.00
2005 15.23
2006 15.48
2007 17.19
2009 15.60
2010 16.83
2011 17.03
2012 18.18
2013 16.07
2014 18.93
2015 23.62
2016 24.52

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