Euro area | 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).
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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, primary
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22.16151 1970
22.1397 1971
21.67292 1972
21.56475 1973
21.2835 1974
21.01116 1975
20.82845 1976
20.32666 1977
20.04613 1978
19.77657 1979
19.53473 1980
19.41071 1981
19.25425 1982
19.12566 1983
18.93256 1984
18.55268 1985
17.96307 1986
17.8651 1987
17.58157 1988
17.44304 1989
17.04056 1990
16.48235 1991
16.27283 1992
15.93587 1993
15.35743 1994
15.63573 1995
15.54025 1996
15.3784 1997
15.47417 1998
15.23755 1999
14.6687 2000
14.37892 2001
14.02949 2002
13.95161 2003
13.86827 2004
13.68196 2005
13.56853 2006
13.3586 2007
13.27048 2008
13.16155 2009
12.94273 2010
12.76611 2011
12.90934 2012
13.14922 2013
13.32559 2014
13.29565 2015
13.09754 2016
13.20755 2017
13.203 2018
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Euro area | 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source