Thailand | 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
Kingdom of Thailand
Records
63
Source
Thailand | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971 34.67302
1972
1973
1974 30.10394
1975 30.15075
1976 27.96192
1977 30.21801
1978 28.8802
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983 20.67687
1984 19.78909
1985 19.46745
1986
1987 20.06617
1988 20.29185
1989 20.23474
1990 20.2664
1991 22.10699
1992 20.13314
1993 19.81136
1994 20.52285
1995
1996 18.8329
1997
1998 18.73022
1999 20.56669
2000 20.79357
2001 19.08866
2002 18.56249
2003
2004
2005
2006 18.26577
2007 17.71738
2008 15.99218
2009
2010 16.2581
2011 15.78457
2012 16.28069
2013
2014 15.3927
2015 16.88246
2016 16.65791
2017 16.88809
2018 16.63844
2019
2020
2021
2022

Thailand | 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
Kingdom of Thailand
Records
63
Source