Euro area | Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary
Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary 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).
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The World Bank
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Euro area
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63
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Euro area | Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary
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1969
21.84925 1970
21.87628 1971
21.61258 1972
22.00216 1973
21.96875 1974
21.96517 1975
21.89967 1976
21.43726 1977
21.29302 1978
20.53464 1979
20.14684 1980
19.77192 1981
19.5513 1982
19.35543 1983
19.15044 1984
18.86942 1985
18.73987 1986
18.55618 1987
18.29652 1988
18.03836 1989
17.92511 1990
17.7346 1991
17.82194 1992
17.74583 1993
17.49111 1994
17.60494 1995
17.65655 1996
17.36301 1997
16.77073 1998
16.10815 1999
15.88692 2000
15.64473 2001
15.36163 2002
13.98853 2003
14.14157 2004
14.14158 2005
13.75603 2006
13.44629 2007
13.18345 2008
13.17141 2009
13.11672 2010
13.08211 2011
12.96264 2012
12.68512 2013
12.59773 2014
12.33976 2015
12.23493 2016
12.04973 2017
11.98251 2018
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Euro area | Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary
Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source