Hong Kong SAR, 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).
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The World Bank
Origin
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
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63
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Hong Kong SAR, China | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
1960
1961
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1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
33.04378 1971
32.23735 1972
32.17553 1973
31.88956 1974
31.30267 1975
31.09508 1976
30.8129 1977
30.138 1978
30.21287 1979
30.05414 1980
30.11986 1981
30.06734 1982
27.77275 1983
27.78323 1984
27.32888 1985
27.56664 1986
27.47756 1987
27.22594 1988
27.00434 1989
1990
26.8941 1991
26.66898 1992
26.69638 1993
25.36665 1994
1995
23.72998 1996
1997
21.63416 1998
21.7 1999
21.50002 2000
21.09928 2001
20.16689 2002
19.76984 2003
18.7644 2004
18.347 2005
17.759 2006
16.94053 2007
16.54729 2008
15.8539 2009
15.16485 2010
14.79974 2011
14.43462 2012
13.99258 2013
13.84932 2014
13.66248 2015
13.67502 2016
13.76886 2017
13.34788 2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Hong Kong SAR, 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
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source