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