China | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary school. 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. 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).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source
China | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 28.86952
1971 29.14729
1972 27.37778
1973 28.53388
1974 29.00278
1975 29.29086
1976 29.01038
1977 28.37115
1978 27.97091
1979 27.98316
1980 27.24542
1981 26.59745
1982 25.68556
1983 25.38248
1984 25.03049
1985 25.24791
1986 24.86643
1987 24.35071
1988 23.62223
1989 22.78694
1990 22.31881
1991 21.93084
1992 21.98751
1993 22.07777
1994 22.37416
1995 22.85133
1996 23.29628
1997 23.73693
1998 24.15677
1999
2000
2001 22.20572
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006 18.25192
2007 17.68203
2008 17.55452
2009 17.21563
2010 16.84376
2011 16.78841
2012 16.84872
2013 16.85343
2014 16.23079
2015 16.29441
2016 16.54936
2017 16.59383
2018 16.42675
2019
2020
2021
2022

China | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary school. 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. 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).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source