High income | 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
Origin
High income
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63
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High income | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
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1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 19.16222
1971 19.27818
1972 19.13439
1973 19.00706
1974 18.8785
1975 18.79652
1976 18.82748
1977 18.70394
1978 18.62507
1979 18.55957
1980 18.32229
1981 18.24786
1982 18.10632
1983 17.96182
1984 17.77269
1985 17.60717
1986 17.43496
1987 17.4495
1988 17.34625
1989 17.24065
1990 17.13304
1991 16.97603
1992 16.88207
1993 16.76453
1994 16.46275
1995 16.52013
1996 16.47201
1997 16.37079
1998 16.45335
1999 16.26213
2000 15.92328
2001 15.88898
2002 15.56193
2003 15.48895
2004 15.15468
2005 14.92276
2006 14.72095
2007 14.52445
2008 14.35105
2009 14.29411
2010 14.02249
2011 14.13012
2012 14.1681
2013 14.13521
2014 14.11254
2015 14.02746
2016 13.90883
2017 13.94748
2018 14.03652
2019
2020
2021
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High income | 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
High income
Records
63
Source